Meaning of 运
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- to move
- to transport
- to use
- to apply
- fortune
- luck
- fate
How to use 运
运 rarely stands alone in modern speech. It mostly appears in words about movement, like 运动 (yùndòng) and 运输 (yùnshū), or about luck, like 运气 (yùnqi) and 命运 (mìngyùn). Example: 祝你好运。(Zhù nǐ hǎo yùn.) Good luck to you.
运 has the walking radical 辶 at the bottom left, carrying 云 (yún, cloud) along. Picture clouds being moved across the sky, which gives you "to move, to transport," and the sound yùn is close to yún.
Common mistake: Learners often write 云 as 去 or 会 inside the radical, or mix up 运 with 远 (yuǎn, far), which uses 元 instead of 云. Also keep the fourth tone: yùn, not yún like cloud.
运 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Stroke order for each character
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运 yùn · to move · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 运.
| 运动 | yùndòng | to move; to exercise |
| 幸运 | xìngyùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 命运 | mìngyùn | fate; destiny |
| 运输 | yùnshū | to transport; to carry |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck (good or bad) |
| 运动员 | yùndòngyuán | athlete |
| 运用 | yùnyòng | to use; to put to use |
| 运动会 | yùndònghuì | sports competition |
| 亚运会 | Yàyùnhuì | Asian Games |
| 好运 | hǎoyùn | good luck |
| 运行 | yùnxíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operati |
| 运作 | yùnzuò | to operate; operations |
Questions about 运
What does 运 mean?
运 (yùn) means "to move; to transport" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 运?
运 is made of 1 character: 运 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.
Is 运 an HSK word?
Yes. 运 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 运 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 运 is written 運.
What is the difference between 运气 and 幸运?
运气 (yùnqi) is a noun for luck in general, good or bad, as in 运气不好 (bad luck). 幸运 (xìngyùn) usually means fortunate or lucky and describes good luck, as in 我很幸运 (I am very lucky).
Does 运动 only mean sports?
No. 运动 can mean physical exercise, as in 我每天运动 (I exercise every day), but it can also mean motion in physics or a social or political movement.