HSK 6 · Science

运行 yùnxíng “to run” in Chinese

Traditional 運行

What 运行 means

  1. to run
  2. to operate
  3. to be in motion
  4. (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one’s course
  5. (fig.) to function
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to be in operation
  • (of a train service etc) to operate
  • (of a computer) to run

How to say 运行

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale运yùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale行xíng2nd tone, rising

运行 in a sentence

  1. 你的新电脑运行得好吗？

    Nǐ de xīn diànnǎo yùnxíng de hǎo ma?

    Does your new computer run well?

    Sentence #334304 from Tatoeba

  2. 系统运行起来了。

    Xìtǒng yùnxíng qǐlai le.

    The system is up and running.

    Sentence #5931756 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是怎么运行的？

    Zhè shì zěnme yùnxíng de?

    How does this work?

    Sentence #6630026 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 运行 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 运 (yùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
运yùnto move
  • 云cloud · yúnSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 云 (yún) hints at the sound. Compare it with yùn.

The character 行 (háng) with each of its parts in a different colour
行xíngto walk; to go; to travel
  • 彳step · chì
  • 亍to take small steps · chù

Memory aidDrawn from a crossroads: to walk, to go. It also means a row or line (háng).

How to write 运行

运 7 strokes · 行 6 strokes

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

Words related to 运行

Words with 运

运动yùndòng · to exercise运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use幸运xìngyùn · fortunate运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)命运mìngyùn · fate运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)

Words with 行

银行yínháng · bank不行bùxíng · won’t do行李xíngli · luggage行李箱xínglǐxiāng · trunk自行车zìxíngchē · bike银行卡yínhángkǎ · bank card行xíng · OK进行jìnxíng · to advance流行liúxíng · popular举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting

More words: Science & Technology

音响yīnxiǎng · audio system仪器yíqì · instrument元素yuánsù · element运算yùnsuàn · mathematical operation正负zhèngfù · positive and negative直径zhíjìng · diameter指令zhǐlìng · instruction智能zhìnéng · smart

FAQs

运行 (yùnxíng) means “to run” or “to operate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùnxíng: yùn with a 4th tone, then xíng 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, 运行 is written 運行. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yunxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 运行 from the suggestions. Typing yunxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
运行 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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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.