移居

Chinese

		to move; to shift; to change to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove	reside
trad. (移居)		移	居
simp. ^#(移居)		移	居

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíjū

(Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄐㄩ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ geoi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yì-kî

(Hailu, HRS): rhi gi^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): î-ku / î-kir / î-ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yíjū
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄐㄩ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yíjyu
  - Wade–Giles: i²-chü¹
  - Yale: yí-jyū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yijiu
  - Palladius: ицзюй (iczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    宜居
    移居
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ji⁴ geoi¹
  - Yale: yìh gēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ goey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ gêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    宜居
    移居
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˇ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ ki²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-kî
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˇ gi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² gi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ ki²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: rhi gi^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʒi⁵⁵ ki⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-ku
  - Tâi-lô: î-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'kw
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-kir
  - Tâi-lô: î-kir
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴⁻²² kɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-ki
  - Tâi-lô: î-ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'ky
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: ye kjo

Rime
Character	移	居
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	弋支切	九魚切
Baxter	ye	kjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇ/	/kɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛ/	/kiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/jɛ/	/kiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiə̆/	/kɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ie/	/kiɔ/
Wang Li	/jǐe/	/kĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ie̯/	/ki̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí	jū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji⁴	geoi¹

Verb

移居

to migrate; to move to a new place of residence

Synonyms

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喬遷 / 乔迁 (qiáoqiān) (figurative)
徙居 (xǐjū) (literary)
遷居 / 迁居 (qiānjū)

Dialectal synonyms of 搬家 (“to move house; to move to a new home”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		搬家, 遷居, 移居
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	搬家
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	搬家
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	搬家
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	搬家
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	搬家
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	搬房子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	搬屋
	Hong Kong	搬屋
	Taishan	搬屋
	Dongguan	搬屋
	Singapore (Guangfu)	搬屋
Gan	Nanchang	搬家
Gan	Lichuan	搬家
Hakka	Meixian	搬屋, 搬家, 徙屋
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙竇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	搬屋, 徙屋, 徙藪
Huizhou	Jixi	搬家
Jin	Taiyuan	搬家
Northern Min	Jian'ou	搬厝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	搬厝
Southern Min	Xiamen	搬厝
	Quanzhou	搬厝
	Zhangzhou	搬厝
	Tainan	搬厝
	Penang (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Manila (Hokkien)	搬厝
	Shantou	搬家
	Jieyang	搬厝, 盤厝, 徙厝
	Singapore (Teochew)	搬厝
	Leizhou	搬厝, 徙厝
	Haikou	搬厝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	搬厝
Puxian Min	Putian	過厝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	過厝
Wu	Shanghai	搬家, 搬人家, 搬場
	Shanghai (Chongming)	搬場
	Suzhou	搬場
	Danyang	搬家
	Hangzhou	搬房子, 搬場
	Ningbo	搬屋
	Wenzhou	搬家屋

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (移居):

→ Vietnamese: di cư (移居)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
移	居

Verb

移居

chữ Hán form of di cư (“to migrate; to emigrate”)