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搬家

bān jiā · ban jia

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to move house; to relocate
  2. to remove (sth)
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In a conversation

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Moving house with books

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)下个月(xiàgèyuè)要(yào)搬家(bānjiā)，就(jiù)搬到(bāndào)隔壁(gébì)小区(xiǎoqū)。

    Next month I am moving house, just to the next neighbourhood.

  2. Liangliang

    那(nà)搬家(bānjiā)很(hěn)简单(jiǎndān)啊(a)。

    Then moving house is easy.

  3. Dengdeng

    不简单(bùjiǎndān)，我(wǒ)要(yào)搬(bān)三百(sānbǎi)本(běn)书(shū)。

    Not easy. I have to move three hundred books.

  4. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)都(dōu)看过(kànguò)吗(ma)？

    Have you read them?

  5. Dengdeng

    看过(kànguò)一本(yīběn)，剩下(shèngxià)的(de)我(wǒ)准备(zhǔnbèi)搬家(bānjiā)以后(yǐhòu)看(kàn)。

    I read one. I will read the rest after I move house.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

下(xià)这(zhè)么(me)大(dà)的(de)雨(yǔ)，也(yě)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)们(men)搬(bān)家(jiā)，他(tā)人(rén)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)！

How kind of him to help us move on such a rainy day!

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)个(ge)男(nán)人(rén)独(dú)自(zì)把(bǎ)东(dōng)西(xi)搬(bān)上(shàng)搬(bān)家(jiā)卡(kǎ)车(chē)上(shàng)。

The man is loading the moving truck on his own.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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搬
bān

to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)

家
jiā

home; family

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