運 (wan6 | yun4) : move; revolve; transport, ship

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運

wan6

yun4

[1] [v] move; revolve [2] [v] transport; ship [3] [v] utilise; make use of [4] one's luck; fortune

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

運 / 运

Don't confuse with:
連

This word has been viewed 19739 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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好運 hou2 wan6 hao3 yun4 = good luck

奧運 ou3 wan6 ao4 yun4 = the Olympics

幸運 hang6 wan6 xing4 yun4 = lucky; good fortune

霉運 mui4 wan6 mei2 yun4 = bad luck 國

運動會 wan6 dung6 wui6*2 yun4 dong4 hui4 = sports meet; athletic meeting; games

運動鞋 wan6 dung6 haai4 yun4 dong4 xie2 = sport shoes; sneakers

搬運 bun1 wan6 ban1 yun4 = to carry; to transport

運輸 wan6 syu1 yun4 shu1 = to transit; to transport

運用 wan6 jung6 yun4 yong4 = to use; to put to use

運動員 wan6 dung6 jyun4 yun4 dong4 yuan2 = an athlete
See all 137 compounds (CantoDict reports 151 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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阿爸阿媽日日都去晨運。粵
Papa and mama go exercising every morning.

肥仔要做多啲運動減肥。粵
Fat guys have to do more exercise to lose weight.

豈但年青人愛好運動，就連上了年紀的人也積極鍛煉身體。
Not only are the young keen in sports, even the elderly are enthusiastic about physical training.

佢哋開緊會﹐好快就會決定數千員工嘅命運。粵
They are holding a meeting which would soon decide the fate of thousands of employees.
[The second part of this sentence is a relative clause. The Cantonese clause differs from the English one by omitting the relative pronoun "which". ]

大批物資運往災區。
A great amount of goods have been transported to the disaster area.
[Passive voice can often be expressed without using the passive marker 被 or other similar prepositions, esp for written expressions. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 運
Unicode code for this character: U+904B (off-site link)

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