喬遷

See also: 乔迁

Chinese

		tall	to move; to shift
trad. (喬遷)		喬	遷
simp. (乔迁)		乔	迁
Literally: “(of a bird) to move to a taller (tree)”.

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 165 (《詩經·小雅·伐木》):

伐木丁丁，鳥鳴嚶嚶。
出自幽谷，遷于喬木。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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伐木丁丁，鸟鸣嘤嘤。
出自幽谷，迁于乔木。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fámù zhēngzhēng, niǎo míng yīngyīng.
Chū zì yōugǔ, qiān yú qiáo mù. [Pinyin]

On the trees go the blows zheng-zheng; And the birds cry out ying-ying.
One issues from the dark valley, And removes to the lofty tree.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiáoqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kiu⁴ cin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiâu-chhian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiáoqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciáocian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao²-chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyáu-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyauchian
    • Palladius: цяоцянь (cjaocjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kiu⁴ cin¹
    • Yale: kìuh chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kiu⁴ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kiu⁴ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiâu-chhian
    • Tâi-lô: kiâu-tshian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiauchiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiau²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

喬遷

1. (figurative, honorific) to move to a better place; to move to a new house or get a promotion

Synonyms

• 徙居 (xǐjū) (literary)
• 移居 (yíjū)
• 遷居／迁居 (qiānjū)

 

Derived terms

• 喬遷之喜／乔迁之喜 (qiáoqiānzhīxǐ)
• 喬遷宴／乔迁宴 (qiáoqiānyàn)