拆遷

Chinese

		to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open	to move; to shift
trad. (拆遷)		拆	遷
simp. (拆迁)		拆	迁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāiqiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caak³ cin¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): tiah⁴ ciang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāiqiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chaician
    • Wade–Giles: chʻai¹-chʻien¹
    • Yale: chāi-chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaichian
    • Palladius: чайцянь (čajcjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caak³ cin¹
    • Yale: chaak chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaak⁸ tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cag³ qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːk̚³ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiah⁴ ciang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiah tshiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaʔ²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ³³/

Verb

拆遷

1. to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants; to demolish, compensate and resettle

   拆遷補償／拆迁补偿  ―  chāiqiān bǔcháng  ―  demolition and resettlement compensation

Usage notes

Not to be confused with 拆建 (chāijiàn).