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移ji4民man4

ji4 man4yí mín

English

  1. to immigrate
  2. to emigrate; to immigrate
  3. emigrant; immigrant
  4. to migrate
  5. emigrant
  6. immigrant

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 搬去另一個國家、政體定居
  2. 由遠處、其他國家搬去新地方居住嘅人(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 新移民

    new immigrant

  • 移民城市

    city of immigrants; immigrant city

  • 引入各地移民

    to attract immigrants from all over the world

  • 你諗過移民未呀?

    Have you thought of immigrating?

    Tatoeba · richke CC BY

  • 我阿爺二戰前移民嚟香港。

    My grandfather immigrated to Hong Kong before World War II.

  • 香港有好多大陸嚟嘅新移民。

    There are many new immigrants from mainland China in Hong Kong.

  • 九七年之前,有好多香港人移民外國。

    Before 1997, many Hongkongers emigrated abroad.

  • 大部分被家譜吸引嘅人都居住喺咁多年嚟歡迎一波移民嘅國家,例如美國、加拿大、阿根廷同巴西。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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