拆迁

Traditional form:

拆遷

Pinyin (reading):

chāiqiān

Definitions:

• to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

Characters:

• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 迁 - to shift, to move; to transfer, to change

Traditional characters:

• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 遷 - to shift, to move; to transfer, to change