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yùn
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. to move
  2. 2. to transport
  3. 3. to use
  4. 4. to apply
  5. 5. fortune
  6. 6. luck
  7. 7. fate

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Words Containing 运

交运
jiāo yùn

to meet with luck

集运
jí yùn

cooperative transport

运动病
yùn dòng bìng

car sickness

颓运
tuí yùn

crumbling fate

运动战
yùn dòng zhàn

mobile warfare

学生运动
xué sheng yùn dòng

student movement

打麻雀运动
dǎ má què yùn dòng

the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[dà yuè jìn] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows

毛织运动衫
máo zhī yùn dòng shān

jersey

民运
mín yùn

civil transport

改运
gǎi yùn

to alter one's fate

运势
yùn shì

horoscope

国际航空运输协会
guó jì háng kōng yùn shū xié huì

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

运转
yùn zhuǎn

to work

联运票
lián yùn piào

transfer ticket

空运费
kōng yùn fèi

air freight (cost of air transport)

春运
chūn yùn

(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year

武器禁运
wǔ qì jìn yùn

embargo on arms sale

机运
jī yùn

chance and opportunity

反右运动
fǎn yòu yùn dòng

Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of \rightists\ after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957

洋务运动
yáng wù yùn dòng

Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 自強運動|自强运动

不结盟运动
bù jié méng yùn dòng

Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)

运球
yùn qiú

to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)

示威运动
shì wēi yùn dòng

rally

极限运动
jí xiàn yùn dòng

extreme sport

亚运会
yà yùn huì

Asian Games

奥林匹克运动会
ào lín pǐ kè yùn dòng huì

Olympic Games

撞运气
zhuàng yùn qi

to try one's luck

京杭运河
jīng háng yùn hé

the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

运力
yùn lì

transport capacity

漕运
cáo yùn

to ship grain as tax

官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng

(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)

运动鞋
yùn dòng xié

sports shoes

货运
huò yùn

freight transport

轴突运输
zhóu tū yùn shū

axonal transport

水上运动
shuǐ shàng yùn dòng

water sports

幸运儿
xìng yùn ér

winner

辇运
niǎn yùn

(literary) to transport

时来运转
shí lái yùn zhuǎn

the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break

滑雪运动
huá xuě yùn dòng

skiing

运河区
yùn hé qū

Yunhe District of Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[cāng zhōu shì], Hebei

政治运动
zhèng zhì yùn dòng

political movement

运动会
yùn dòng huì

sports competition

护国运动
hù guó yùn dòng

Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] as emperor

运十
yùn shí

Shanghai Y-10

捷运
jié yùn

subway

运输舰
yùn shū jiàn

transport ship

全国运动会
quán guó yùn dòng huì

National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959

布朗运动
bù lǎng yùn dòng

Brownian motion

运送
yùn sòng

to transport

运动员
yùn dòng yuán

athlete

货物运输
huò wù yùn shū

freight or cargo transportation

运货员
yùn huò yuán

porter

货运卡车
huò yùn kǎ chē

freight truck

倒运
dǎo yùn

to have bad luck

冬运会
dōng yùn huì

winter games

运载火箭
yùn zài huǒ jiàn

carrier rocket

交叉运球
jiāo chā yùn qiú

crossover dribble (basketball)

运行时错误
yùn xíng shí cuò wù

run-time error (in computing)

转运
zhuǎn yùn

to forward goods

时运
shí yùn

circumstances

大众捷运
dà zhòng jié yùn

mass rapid transit MRT

海上运动
hǎi shàng yùn dòng

water sports (sailing, windsurfing etc)

首席运营官
shǒu xí yùn yíng guān

chief operating officer (COO)

运输网
yùn shū wǎng

transport network

五四运动
wǔ sì yùn dòng

May Fourth Movement

好运
hǎo yùn

good luck

运城市
yùn chéng shì

Yuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

国际共产主义运动
guó jì gòng chǎn zhǔ yì yùn dòng

Comintern

运输
yùn shū

to transport

皮带运输机
pí dài yùn shū jī

belt conveyor

运道
yùn dao

fortune

运载
yùn zài

to carry

海运费
hǎi yùn fèi

shipping

营运
yíng yùn

running

搬运
bān yùn

freight

运脚
yùn jiǎo

freight charge

运算方法
yùn suàn fāng fǎ

rules of arithmetic

运用自如
yùn yòng zì rú

to have a fluent command of (idiom)

奥运会
ào yùn huì

Olympic Games

行李搬运工
xíng lǐ bān yùn gōng

baggage handler

世运
shì yùn

World Games

匠心独运
jiàng xīn dú yùn

original and ingenious (idiom)

运算
yùn suàn

to perform calculations

发运
fā yùn

(of goods) to dispatch

狗屎运
gǒu shǐ yùn

(coll.) (other people's) dumb luck

运河
yùn hé

canal

运移
yùn yí

migration (geology)

运动衫
yùn dòng shān

sports shirt

应天承运
yìng tiān chéng yùn

lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven

大鸣大放运动
dà míng dà fàng yùn dòng

see 百花運動|百花运动[bǎi huā yùn dòng]

运行状况
yùn xíng zhuàng kuàng

operational state

生命在于运动
shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng

life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)

运动
yùn dòng

to move

运作
yùn zuò

to operate

反袁运动
fǎn yuán yùn dòng

anti-Yuan movement, opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] in National Protection War 護國戰爭|护国战争[hù guó zhàn zhēng] 1915-1916

好运符
hǎo yùn fú

good luck charm

运算环境
yùn suàn huán jìng

operating environment

农运会
nóng yùn huì

China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years since 1988)

健美运动
jiàn měi yùn dòng

body-building

圈地运动
quān dì yùn dòng

Enclosure Movement

五卅运动
wǔ sà yùn dòng

anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc

运交
yùn jiāo

to consign

亚运
yà yùn

Asian Games

航空运单
háng kōng yùn dān

Air Waybill (AWB)

社会主义教育运动
shè huì zhǔ yì jiào yù yùn dòng

Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[sì qīng yùn dòng]

古文运动
gǔ wén yùn dòng

cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song

学运
xué yùn

student movement

多工运作
duō gōng yùn zuò

multithreading

运气
yùn qi

luck (good or bad)

运命
yùn mìng

fate

无船承运人
wú chuán chéng yùn rén

non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC) (transportation)

妇女运动
fù nǚ yùn dòng

women's movement

转运站
zhuǎn yùn zhàn

distribution depot

运庆
yùn qìng

Unkei (c. 1150-1224), Japanese sculptor of Buddhist images

奥运村
ào yùn cūn

Olympic Village

中国人权民运信息中心
zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

捷达航空货运
jié dá háng kōng huò yùn

Jett8 Airlines Cargo (based in Singapore)

运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

运动家
yùn dòng jiā

athlete

幸运抽奖
xìng yùn chōu jiǎng

lucky draw

亚运村
yà yùn cūn

Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing

运营
yùn yíng

to be in operation

应运
yìng yùn

to conform with destiny

输运
shū yùn

to transport

体操运动员
tǐ cāo yùn dòng yuán

gymnast

运动服
yùn dòng fú

sportswear

谢灵运
xiè líng yùn

Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋

冰上运动
bīng shàng yùn dòng

ice-sports

走桃花运
zǒu táo huā yùn

to have luck with the ladies (idiom)

中国交通运输协会
zhōng guó jiāo tōng yùn shū xié huì

China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)

汽运
qì yùn

bus transport

运算式
yùn suàn shì

(math.) expression (arithmetic, Boolean etc)

运钞车
yùn chāo chē

armored car (for transporting valuables)

运价
yùn jià

fare

台北捷运
tái běi jié yùn

Taipei Metro

三反运动
sān fǎn yùn dòng

\Three Anti\ campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52

逆运
nì yùn

bad luck

船运业
chuán yùn yè

shipping

运输业
yùn shū yè

transportation industry

撞大运
zhuàng dà yùn

to have a lucky stroke

往复运动
wǎng fù yùn dòng

backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump)

运数
yùn shù

one's fortune

运营商
yùn yíng shāng

operator (of a power station, transport network etc)

运程
yùn chéng

one's fortune (in astrology)

运城
yùn chéng

Yuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

运货马车
yùn huò mǎ chē

cargo wagon

肃反运动
sù fǎn yùn dòng

purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionaries 1955-56 and Stalin's Great Purge 1936-38)

承运
chéng yùn

to provide transport

命运
mìng yùn

fate; destiny

苏伊士运河
sū yī shì yùn hé

Suez Canal

承运人
chéng yùn rén

carrier (of goods etc)

运量
yùn liàng

volume of freight

载运
zài yùn

to convey (on vehicle)

航运
háng yùn

shipping

开运竹
kāi yùn zhú

lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)

管道运输
guǎn dào yùn shū

pipeline transport

运动学
yùn dòng xué

kinematics

货运列车
huò yùn liè chē

goods train

客运
kè yùn

passenger transportation

运城地区
yùn chéng dì qū

Yuncheng prefecture in Shanxi

运销
yùn xiāo

distribution

浮点运算
fú diǎn yùn suàn

floating point operation

旋转运动
xuán zhuǎn yùn dòng

rotation

京杭大运河
jīng háng dà yùn hé

the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

大运
dà yùn

Mandate of Heaven

运行方式
yùn xíng fāng shì

operating method

运用
yùn yòng

to use

厄运
è yùn

bad luck

运笔
yùn bǐ

to wield the pen

职业运动员
zhí yè yùn dòng yuán

professional (athlete)

铲运机
chǎn yùn jī

earth-moving machine

百花运动
bǎi huā yùn dòng

Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on discussing mistakes of the CCP to be lifted

运筹学
yùn chóu xué

operations research (OR)

托运行李
tuō yùn xíng li

luggage that has been checked in (on flight)

运载量
yùn zài liàng

transport volume

吊运
diào yùn

to transport by crane

集中托运
jí zhōng tuō yùn

consolidated cargo (transportation)

五四爱国运动
wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng

May Fourth Movement

渺运
miǎo yùn

faraway

启运
qǐ yùn

to ship (goods)

运算数
yùn suàn shù

operand (math.)

退出运行
tuì chū yùn xíng

to decommission

扫黄运动
sǎo huáng yùn dòng

campaign against pornography

背运
bèi yùn

bad luck

客运量
kè yùn liàng

amount of passenger traffic

押运员
yā yùn yuán

supercargo (in maritime law)

时运不济
shí yùn bù jì

fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good

霉运
méi yùn

ill luck

城市运动会
chéng shì yùn dòng huì

National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988

三元运算
sān yuán yùn suàn

ternary operator (computing)

噢运会
ō yùn huì

see 奧運會|奥运会[ào yùn huì]

一二九运动
yī èr jiǔ yùn dòng

December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression

蹇运
jiǎn yùn

misfortune; bad luck

四清运动
sì qīng yùn dòng

the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party

奥运
ào yùn

Olympic Games

走运
zǒu yùn

to have good luck

长跑运动员
cháng pǎo yùn dòng yuán

long distance runner

驮运路
tuó yùn lù

a bridle path

运神
yùn shén

to concentrate

运单
yùn dān

way bill

四则运算
sì zé yùn suàn

the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

巴拿马运河
bā ná mǎ yùn hé

Panama Canal

桃花运
táo huā yùn

luck with the ladies

校运会
xiào yùn huì

(school) field day

驳运
bó yùn

transport by lighter

湘桂运河
xiāng guì yùn hé

Hunan-Guangxi Canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[líng qú], canal in Xing'an County 興安|兴安[xīng ān], Guangxi

时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng

our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)

运动方程
yùn dòng fāng chéng

equations of motion

体育运动
tǐ yù yùn dòng

sports

海运
hǎi yùn

shipping by sea

陆运
lù yùn

land transport

美国运通
měi guó yùn tōng

American Express Co. (Amex)

运动场
yùn dòng chǎng

sports field

义和团运动
yì hé tuán yùn dòng

Boxer Rebellion

运行
yùn xíng

to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc)

装运
zhuāng yùn

to ship

简谐运动
jiǎn xié yùn dòng

simple harmonic motion (in mechanics)

解放运动
jiě fàng yùn dòng

liberation movement

运出运费
yùn chū yùn fèi

outward freight (accountancy)

自强运动
zì qiáng yùn dòng

Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named 洋務運動|洋务运动

联运
lián yùn

through transport

东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动
dōng tū jué sī tǎn yī sī lán yùn dòng

East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

田径运动
tián jìng yùn dòng

track and field sports

水运
shuǐ yùn

waterborne transport

长荣海运
cháng róng hǎi yùn

Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan shipping line)

营运资金
yíng yùn zī jīn

working capital

运营总监
yùn yíng zǒng jiān

chief operating officer (COO)

运思
yùn sī

to think

逆运算
nì yùn suàn

inverse operation

走好运
zǒu hǎo yùn

to experience good luck

碰运气
pèng yùn qi

to try one's luck

星座运势
xīng zuò yùn shì

(Western-style) horoscope

河运
hé yùn

river transport

私运
sī yùn

to smuggle

国际货运代理
guó jì huò yùn dài lǐ

international transport agency

运输船
yùn shū chuán

transport ship

托运
tuō yùn

to consign (goods)

运筹
yùn chóu

to plan

转运栈
zhuǎn yùn zhàn

storage depot on a transportation route

中国航空运输协会
zhōng guó háng kōng yùn shū xié huì

China Air Transport Association (CATA)

贩运
fàn yùn

to transport (for sale)

世界运动会
shì jiè yùn dòng huì

World Games

坏运
huài yùn

bad luck

运动定律
yùn dòng dìng lǜ

laws of motion (mechanics)

红运
hóng yùn

good luck

衰运
shuāi yùn

decline in fortunes

搬运工
bān yùn gōng

porter

新文化运动
xīn wén huà yùn dòng

the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science

奥林匹克运动会组织委员会
ào lín pǐ kè yùn dòng huì zǔ zhī wěi yuán huì

Olympic Organizing Committee

运出
yùn chū

shipment

人口贩运
rén kǒu fàn yùn

trafficking in persons

运行时
yùn xíng shí

run-time (in computing)

有氧运动
yǒu yǎng yùn dòng

aerobics

交通运输部
jiāo tōng yùn shū bù

PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)

东亚运动会
dōng yà yùn dòng huì

East Asian Games

构造运动
gòu zào yùn dòng

tectonic movement

地壳运动
dì qiào yùn dòng

crustal movement

波比运动
bō bǐ yùn dòng

burpee (loanword)

运输量
yùn shū liàng

volume of freight

偷运
tōu yùn

to smuggle

驮运
tuó yùn

to transport on pack animal

爱国卫生运动委员会
ài guó wèi shēng yùn dòng wěi yuán huì

Patriotic Health Committee

空运
kōng yùn

air transport

大运河
dà yùn hé

the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

运筹帷幄
yùn chóu wéi wò

lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)

船运
chuán yùn

sea freight

禁运
jìn yùn

embargo

应运而生
yìng yùn ér shēng

to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)

运费
yùn fèi

freight fee

国运
guó yùn

fate of the nation

造山运动
zào shān yùn dòng

mountain building (geology)

幸运
xìng yùn

fortunate

兴安运河
xīng ān yùn hé

another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[líng qú], canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[xīng ān], Guangxi

整风运动
zhěng fēng yùn dòng

Rectification campaign

铲运车
chǎn yùn chē

front loader (vehicle)

押运
yā yùn

to escort (goods or funds)

抗日救亡运动
kàng rì jiù wáng yùn dòng

the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变

总运单
zǒng yùn dān

master air waybill (MAWB) (transport)

奥运赛
ào yùn sài

Olympic Games