Definition

1. Verb:
   • To move, to shift: To change the position or location of something, typically over a short distance. This is the most common and literal meaning.
   • To displace: To cause something to move from its proper, usual, or original place.
   • To vary, to fluctuate: To change or differ slightly within a range, often used for abstract concepts like time, temperature, or figures.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cấm xê dịch bàn ghế trong lớp. (Do not move the desks and chairs in the classroom.)
  • Vị trí của tảng đá đã bị xê dịch sau trận động đất. (The position of the boulder was displaced after the earthquake.)
  • Thời gian họp có thể xê dịch một chút. (The meeting time may vary slightly.)

Advanced Usage

• "xê dịch" in a figurative sense: Can describe a change in one's state, opinion, or life situation.
  • Sau chuyến đi, tư tưởng của anh ấy đã xê dịch đáng kể. (After the trip, his thinking shifted significantly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Di chuyển (v): To move, to travel. This is a more general term for movement, often over longer distances.
  • Chúng tôi di chuyển từ Hà Nội vào Sài Gòn. (We moved/traveled from Hanoi to Saigon.)
• Dời (v): To move, to relocate. Often implies moving something to a different place entirely.
  • Họ dời trụ sở công ty sang một tòa nhà mới. (They relocated the company headquarters to a new building.)

Synonyms

• Move: To change position.
• Shift: To move or cause to move from one place to another.
• Displace: To take over the place, position, or role of.
• Vary: To differ in size, amount, degree, or nature from something else of the same general class.

Related Idioms

• Xê dịch thời gian: To adjust or shift the timing.
  • Chúng ta cần xê dịch thời gian biểu cho phù hợp. (We need to adjust the schedule to make it suitable.)

verb

1. to displace, to move