234 Move (Home)

Josh from Transition is moving house very soon. He talks to ShaoLan about some of the practicalities of moving house, but then the discussion moves on to some of the more traditional Chinese superstitions involved with moving house. Did you know that according to the Chinese calendar there are good dates and times for moving and also bad dates and times for moving! Another tradition is that pregnant women mustn’t lift a finger when moving house, so it sounds like Josh is going to need to find some extra outside help with packing!

The Chinese for “moving house/home” is 搬家. 搬 represents a hand moving things around and means “to move” or “to shift” and 家 shows a pig under a roof and means “home” (where the pigs live)! So moving the home is 搬家!