immigrate/emigrate; immigrant/emigrant
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to immigrate; to emigrate; to resettle
Can be used for both internal migration within a country and international migration.
Tā他
men们
quán全
jiā家
jì计
huà划
míng明
nián年
yí移
mín民
Jiā加
ná拿
dà大
。
Their whole family plans to immigrate to Canada next year.
Zhè这
ge个
guó国
jiā家
yǒu有
kuān宽
sōng松
de的
yí移
mín民
zhèng政
cè策
。
This country has a liberal immigration policy.
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Xǔ许
duō多
nián年
qīng轻
rén人
yí移
mín民
qù去
le了
dà大
chéng城
shì市
xún寻
qiú求
fā发
zhǎn展
jī机
huì会
。
Many young people have migrated to big cities in search of development opportunities.
noun
immigrant; emigrant; settler
Refers to the person who has moved. Context often clarifies whether they are an immigrant (coming in) or emigrant (leaving).
Zhèng政
fǔ府
wèi为
zhè这
xiē些
xīn新
yí移
mín民
tí提
gōng供
le了
yǔ语
yán言
kè课
chéng程
。
The government provides language courses for these new immigrants.
Zhè这
ge个
shè社
qū区
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
lái来
zì自
shì世
jiè界
gè各
dì地
de的
yí移
mín民
。
There are many immigrants from all over the world in this community.
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Zhè这
ge个
chéng城
shì市
zhèng正
zài在
jiàn建
zào造
fáng房
wū屋
yǐ以
ān安
zhì置
shuǐ水
kù库
yí移
mín民
。
The city is building houses to resettle the reservoir emigrants.