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轉移

简转移 · 繁轉移

Mandarin · pinyin zhuǎn yí

to shift; to relocate; to transfer
(fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
(medicine) to metastasize

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移: yí · change place, shift; move about
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn

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3–2 · zhuan3 yi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyun2 ji4

Cantonese word readings for 轉移. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to transfer; to move
(of a quality, character, etc.) to change
(medicine) to metastasise; to spread to another organ
(fencing) to disengage

noun

(medicine) metastasis
(fencing) disengage; disengagement; a circular movement of a weapon to avoid an opponent's parry

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