Chinese symbol for “removal”
搬迁
bān qiān
Traditional: 搬遷
to move; to relocate; removal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for removal is 搬迁 (bān qiān), defined as: to move; to relocate; removal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “removal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 搬迁.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搬家 | bān jiā | to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth) |
| 搬运 (搬運) | bān yùn | to transport; to carry; (coll.) to repost (content, esp. from another platform) |
| 搬走 | bān zǒu | to carry |
| 照搬 | zhào bān | to copy; to imitate |
| 搬运工 (搬運工) | bān yùn gōng | porter |
| 变迁 (變遷) | biàn qiān | changes; vicissitudes |
| 迁移 (遷移) | qiān yí | to migrate; to move |
| 拆迁 (拆遷) | chāi qiān | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants |
See also: Japanese symbol for “removal”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.