Home Dictionary Tools About

Learn Chinese Words

Simplfied Chinese
运作
Traditional Chinese
運作
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
yùn zuò
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
wan6 jok3
Short definition workings
Usage frequency Common
Chinese synonyms Chinese Gratis iconChinese tools icon (Click icons, results will appear below)
 
All available English definitions thread (computing)LDC iconMDBG iconCantofish icon / operation (e.g. business)Cantofish icon / activities (usu. of an organization)MDBG icon / operationsMDBG icon / workingsMDBG icon / to operateMDBG icon / operatingCantofish icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso:
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: thread (computing); operation (e.g. business); operating
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing)
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: thread (computing)
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: sameldc'
Click icons for complete source definitions (not available on mobile). Copyleft icon icon in each entry gives source attribution.
Want to improve this definition? Check to see if 运作 is already in CC-CEDICT. If not, you can add it. (Why?)
Sentence examples
Mouseover for pinyin and definition (if available). Click for dictionary lookup.

(é) forehead
。 。 。
这个(zhè gè) this one
(shì) is
怎么(zěn me) how
运作(yùn zuò) workings
(dedì) of

Uh...how does this work?

(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
可以说(kě yǐ shuō) it can be said
(míng) wise
一下(yī xià) a little
(zhè) these
(tái) platform
机器(jī qì) machine
(shì) is
怎样(zěn yàng) how
运作(yùn zuò) workings
(dedì) of
(ma) (question tag)

Can you explain how this machine works?

机器(jī qì) machine
运作(yùn zuò) workings
一整天(yī zhěng tiān) an entire day

The machine works all day.

这些(zhè xiē) these
电脑(diàn nǎo) computer
(yòng) hence
电池(diàn chí) battery
运作(yùn zuò) workings

These computers use batteries to operate.

红绿灯(hóng lv dēng) traffic signal
一直在( yī zhí zài)
运作(yùn zuò) workings

Traffic lights work all the time.

Example sentences courtesy Tatoeba project.Copyleft icon
Search other dictionaries
Nciku iconBing iconIciba iconYoudao iconChinesepod icon (Click icons, results will appear below) (What are these?)
Search by individual Chinese character       
Search again or Advanced search