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运

yùn

HSK 2 Character Traditional 運

What 运 means

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

Example sentences

• 祝你好运。
  I wish you good luck.
• 祝您好运。
  I wish you good luck.
• 祝你好运！
  Good luck to you!
• 户外运动。
  Exercise outdoors.
• 你真走运！
  How lucky are you?
• 我运气很好。
  I was lucky.

Words starting with 运

• 运动yùn dòngto move; to exercise; sports
• 运用yùn yòngto use; to put to use
• 运输yùn shūto transport; to carry; transportation
• 运气yùn qiluck (good or bad)
• 运行yùn xíng(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function…
• 运算yùn suànto perform calculations; (mathematical) operation
• 运动员yùn dòng yuánathlete
• 运营yùn yíngto be in operation; to do business; (of train, bus etc) to be in service
• 运作yùn zuòto operate; operations; workings
• 运转yùn zhuǎnto work; to operate; to revolve
• 运动会yùn dòng huìsports competition
• 运河yùn hécanal
• 运送yùn sòngto transport; to carry
• 运费yùn fèifreight fee
• 运动场yùn dòng chǎngsports field; playground; exercise yard
• 运动鞋yùn dòng xiésports shoes; sneakers
• 运动服yùn dòng fúsportswear
• 运载yùn zàito transport; to carry (goods, materials or people)
• 运价yùn jiàfare; transport cost
• 运出yùn chūshipment; to dispatch; to ship out
• 运力yùn lìtransport capacity
• 运动衫yùn dòng shānsports shirt; sweatshirt
• 运筹帷幄yùn chóu wéi wòlit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies
• 运交yùn jiāoto consign; to send (goods to customers); shipping

Words containing 运

• 命运mìng yùnfate; destiny
• 幸运xìng yùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
• 托运tuō yùnto consign (goods); to check through (baggage)
• 奥运Ào yùnOlympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会
• 奥运会Ào yùn huìOlympic Games; the Olympics (abbr. for 奥林匹克运动会
• 民运mín yùncivil transport; movement aimed at the masses; democracy movement (abbr.)
• 客运kè yùnpassenger transportation; (Taiwan) intercity bus
• 营运yíng yùnrunning; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
• 春运chūn yùn(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
• 好运hǎo yùngood luck
• 搬运bān yùnto transport; to carry; (colloquial) to repost (content, esp. from another platform)
• 厄运è yùnbad luck; misfortune; adversity
• 货运huò yùnfreight transport; cargo; transported goods
• 体育运动tǐ yù yùn dòngsports; athletic activities
• 走运zǒu yùnto have good luck; to be in luck
• 空运kōng yùnair transport
• 亚运村Yà yùn cūnYayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
• 幸运儿xìng yùn érwinner; lucky guy; person who always gets good breaks
• 应运而生yìng yùn ér shēngto emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom); to arise at an opportune time…
• 转运zhuǎn yùnto forward; to transfer; to transship; to have luck turn in one's favor
• 亚运会Yà yùn huìAsian Games
• 航运háng yùnshipping; transport
• 学运xué yùnstudent movement
• 海运hǎi yùnshipping by sea

Characters built on 云

These share the phonetic component 云 (yún), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 酝yùnto brew
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 耘yúnto weed
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Characters that look like 运

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 迪díto enlighten
• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks

Sounds the same

Read yùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 孕pregnant
• 蕴to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
• 酝to brew
• 韵the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal
• 晕dizzy; halo; ring around moon or sun
• 熨an iron; to iron
• 愠indignant; feel hurt
• 韫contain
• 郓used in 郓城
• 枟wood streaks
• 蕰hippuris or mare's tail
• 缊hemp; vague; mysterious