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运用 (yùn yòng) — to use, to apply (a method, skill, tool, etc.)

Definition

More formal/written than 使用, often paired with abstract things like methods, skills, or experience. Compare 应用, which leans even more academic and also serves as an adjective ('applied').

verb
to useto apply (a method, skill, tool, etc.)

Examples

  • ，运用。
    Zài shí jì gōng zuò zhōng, nǐ yào líng huó yùn yòng zhè xiē lǐ lùn.
    In actual work, you need to flexibly apply these theories.
  • 运用。
    Tā yùn yòng zì jǐ de jīng yàn jiě jué le zhè ge wèn tí.
    She used her own experience to solve this problem.
  • 运用。
    Xué xí yǔ fǎ hòu yào duō yùn yòng cái néng zhǎng wò.
    After learning grammar, you need to use it a lot to master it.

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
用yònguse

运 and 用 both involve putting something into action, so together they mean to use or apply.

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.

用 was formed by adding a handle to an earlier form.

Open 用 →
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