营 meaning and stroke order
Camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage
How to write 营, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 营
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- camp
- barracks
- battalion
- to build
- to operate
- to manage
How 营 is built
Components of the character.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 营
Picture the top part 艹 as grass, 冖 as a tent cover, and 吕 as two rooms stacked inside. A tent pitched on the grass with rooms under it is a camp, and running a camp well means managing it.
营 (yíng) rarely stands alone in daily speech. It mostly appears in compounds about camps, like 夏令营 (xiàlìngyíng), or about running things, like 经营 (jīngyíng) and 营业 (yíngyè). Example: 这家店晚上十点还在营业。(Zhè jiā diàn wǎnshang shí diǎn hái zài yíngyè.) This shop is still open at ten at night.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 营 with 宫 (gōng, palace), which also has 吕 at the bottom but uses 宀 instead of 艹冖 on top. Also keep the second tone in yíng, and do not mix it up with 赢 (yíng, to win), which sounds the same.
Common words with 营
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 经营 | jīngyíng | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | HSK 3 |
| 营养 | yíngyǎng | nutrition; nourishment | HSK 3 |
| 营业 | yíngyè | to do business; to trade | HSK 4 |
| 营救 | yíngjiù | to rescue | HSK 7-9 |
| 阵营 | zhènyíng | group of people; camp | HSK 7-9 |
| 夏令营 | xiàlìngyíng | summer camp | HSK 7-9 |
| 运营 | yùnyíng | to be in operation; to do business | HSK 7-9 |
| 野营 | yěyíng | to camp; field lodgings | HSK 7-9 |
| 营造 | yíngzào | to build (housing); to construct | HSK 7-9 |
| 私营 | sīyíng | privately-owned; private | HSK 7-9 |
| 营地 | yíngdì | camp | |
| 集中营 | jízhōngyíng | concentration camp | |
| 露营 | lùyíng | to camp out; camping | |
| 军营 | jūnyíng | barracks; army camp |
营 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 营
How many strokes are in 营?
营 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 营 mean?
营 (yíng) means camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage. A common word with it is 经营 (jīngyíng), meaning "to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate".
How do you pronounce 营?
营 is pronounced yíng, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 营?
The radical of 营 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 营 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 营?
The traditional form of 营 is 營. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 营 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 营 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 营 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
Why does 营养 (yíngyǎng) mean nutrition if 营 means camp or manage?
Here 营 carries its sense of building up and maintaining, and 养 means to nourish. Together they describe what sustains the body, so the word means nutrition. Just learn it as a fixed word.
What is the difference between 经营 (jīngyíng) and 运营 (yùnyíng)?
经营 focuses on running a business as an owner or manager, as in 经营一家饭馆 (run a restaurant). 运营 stresses the ongoing operation of a system or service, such as a subway line, app, or platform.