HSK 5 · Work

经营 jīngyíng “to run (a business)” in Chinese

Traditional 經營

What 经营 means

  1. to run (a business)
  2. to operate
  3. to manage
  4. to engage in (business etc)
  5. to run

How to say 经营

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale经jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale营yíng2nd tone, rising

经营 in a sentence

  1. 那家公司由我的哥哥经营。

    Nà jiā gōngsī yóu wǒ de gēge jīngyíng.

    That company is managed by my older brother.

    Sentence #14023308 from Tatoeba

  2. 我的父亲经营一家餐馆。

    Wǒ de fùqīn jīngyíng yì jiā cānguǎn.

    My father runs a restaurant.

    Sentence #834658 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我以前经营一家在商场里的小书店。

    Wǒ yǐqián jīngyíng yì jiā zài shāngchǎng lǐ de xiǎo shūdiàn.

    I used to run a small bookshop in a shopping centre.

    Sentence #10367053 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 经营 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 经 (jīng) drawn as one shape
经jīngclassics

经 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSilk 纟: the threads that run lengthwise on a loom. From there, to pass through.

The character 营 (yíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
营yíngcamp
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 吕a musical note · lǚ

How to write 经营

经 8 strokes · 营 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

经营 (jīngyíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 经营 (jīngyíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 经营

Words with 经

已经yǐjīng · already经常jīngcháng · often经过jīngguò · to pass经理jīnglǐ · manager经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience经验jīngyàn · experience曾经céngjīng · once经典jīngdiǎn · classic经商jīngshāng · to be in business

Words with 营

营养yíngyǎng · nutrition营业yíngyè · to do business夏令营xiàlìngyíng · summer camp

More words: Work & Career

兼职jiānzhí · part-time job会计kuàijì · accountant简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill开发kāifā · to develop劳动láodòng · work老板lǎobǎn · boss利益lìyì · benefit

FAQs

经营 (jīngyíng) means “to run (a business)” or “to operate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jīngyíng: jīng with a 1st tone, then yíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 经营 is written 經營. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 经营 from the suggestions. Typing jingying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
经营 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.