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运营 (yùn yíng) — to operate (a business, organization, system); to be in service (of transportation: trains, buses, etc.)

Definition

运营 covers running a business or service end-to-end — broader than 经营 (running a company). For systems, vehicles, or trains in service, use 运行. Surgery on a person is 手术.

verb
to operate (a business, organization, system)to be in service (of transportation: trains, buses, etc.)

Examples

  • 运营。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī yùn yíng dé fēi cháng chéng gōng.
    This company operates very successfully.
  • 运营。
    Zhè tiáo dì tiě xiàn lù cóng zǎo shàng liù diǎn kāi shǐ yùn yíng.
    This subway line starts operating at six o'clock in the morning.
  • 运营。
    Tā fù zé yùn yíng zhěng gè wǎng shàng shāng diàn.
    He is responsible for operating the entire online store.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

运yùnmove
营yíngmanage

运 and 营 both involve keeping something moving or managing it, so together they mean to operate.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 運; 运 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辵辵chuòmotion
Sound part声符shēngfú
軍
軍jūn運yùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 運 combines 辵, meaning motion, with 軍 to give the sound; the simplified 运 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 运 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →
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