运 (yùn): to transport, luck
运 (yùn) is a Chinese character meaning “to transport, luck.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 云 (phonetic). It ranks #345 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 运 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to transport, luck
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 运
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 幸运noun/adjective | xìng yùn | fortunate | 5 |
| 好运noun | hǎo yùn | good luck | 5 |
| 运动verb/noun | yùn dòng | to move | 2 |
| 命运noun | mìng yùn | fate | 5 |
| 运气noun | yùn qi | luck (good or bad) | 5 |
| 运动员noun | yùn dòng yuán | athlete | 3 |
| 运用verb | yùn yòng | to use | 5 |
| 运行verb | yùn xíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course | 6 |
| 运输verb | yùn shū | to transport | 5 |
| 运送verb | yùn sòng | to transport | 6 |
| 运营verb | yùn yíng | to be in operation | 6 |
| 运动会noun | yùn dòng huì | sports competition | 3 |
| 托运verb | tuō yùn | to consign (goods) | 6 |
| 运费noun | yùn fèi | freight fee | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 走运 | zǒu yùn | to have good luck |
| 运作verb | yùn zuò | to operate |
| 运转verb | yùn zhuǎn | to work |
| 奥运会proper-noun | ào yùn huì | Olympic Games |
| 运动鞋noun | yùn dòng xié | sports shoes |
| 厄运 | è yùn | bad luck |
| 运动衫noun | yùn dòng shān | sports shirt |
| 运河noun | yùn hé | canal |
| 货运noun | huò yùn | freight transport |
| 运动场 | yùn dòng chǎng | sports field |
| 幸运儿noun | xìng yùn ér | winner |
| 奥运proper-noun | ào yùn | Olympic Games |
| 运钞车noun | yùn chāo chē | armored car (for transporting valuables) |
| 搬运verb | bān yùn | to transport |
| 偷运verb | tōu yùn | to smuggle |
运 appears in 112 compound words: 35 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 6 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 运 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (20)
the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Showing 12 of 20 idioms containing 运.
Example Sentences
运输成本上升，导致产品价格上涨。
Yūnshū chéngběn shàngshēng, dǎozhì chǎnpǐn jiàgé shàngzhǎng.
Rising transportation costs have led to product price increases.
新春走基层|货运列车检车员:迟来的团圆,只为让更多..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng huò yùn liè chē jiǎn chē yuán : chí lái de tuán yuán , zhī wéi ràng gēng duō . .
Freight train inspector: belated reunion, just to let more:
千城百县看中国·护航春运丨河北交通:智慧高速守护假..
qiān chéng bǎi xiàn kàn zhōng guó hù háng chūn yùn 丨 hé běi jiāo tōng : zhì huì gāo sù shǒu hù jiǎ . .
Thousands of cities and counties look at China and escort the Spring Festival丨Hebei Transportation: Smart highway guards the holiday:
春节不打烊,广州交投集团中欧班列预计发运9列、货值..
chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , guǎng zhōu jiāo tóu jí tuán zhōng ōu bān liè yù jì fā yùn liè huò zhí . .
The Spring Festival is not closed, Guangzhou Jiaotou Group is expected to ship 9 trains, the value of ...
春运机票大跳水,有人一家四口提前买票亏了40...
chūn yùn jī piào dà tiào shuǐ , yǒu rén yī jiā sì kǒu tí qián mǎi piào kuī le . . .
Spring Festival travel season sees steep drop in airfare prices; one family of four loses 40 yuan after buying tickets early...
春运进行时|为二次元乘客开辟临时卸妆区 桂林...
chūn yùn jìn háng shí wéi èr cì yuán chéng kè kāi bì lín shí xiè zhuāng ōu guì lín . . .
Spring Festival Travel Rush Underway | Temporary Makeup Removal Area Set Up for Anime Fans in Guilin...
你的新电脑运行得好吗？
Nǐ de xīn diànnǎo yùnxíng de hǎo ma?
Does your new computer run well?
日本办过多少次奥运会？
Rìběn bàn guòduō shǎo cì àoyùnhuì?
How many times has Japan hosted the Olympics?
你真的很幸运，不是吗？
Nǐ zhēn de hěn xìngyùn, bùshìma?
You really are lucky, aren't you?
奥运会今天就要开幕了。你有什么感觉？
àoyùnhuì jīntiān jiùyào kāimù le. nǐ yǒu shénme gǎnjué?
The Olympics are starting today. What are you feeling?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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