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        xìngyùn, [幸運], fortunate/lucky/fortune/luck
        hǎoyùn, [好運], good luck
        yùndòng, [運動], to move/to exercise/sports/exercise/motion/movement/campaign/CL:場|场[chǎng]
        mìngyùn, [命運], fate/destiny/CL:個|个[gè]
        yùnqi, [運氣], luck (good or bad)
        yùn, [運], to move/to transport/to use/to apply/fortune/luck/fate
        zǒuyùn, [走運], to have good luck/lucky/in luck
        yùndòngyuán, [運動員], athlete/CL:名[míng],個|个[gè]
        yùnzuò, [運作], to operate/operations/workings/activities (usu. of an organization)/thread (comp...
        yùnyòng, [運用], to use/to put to use
        yùnxíng, [運行], to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc)/(fig.) to function/to be in...
        yùnshū, [運輸], to transport/to carry/transportation
        yùnzhuǎn, [運轉], to work/to operate/to revolve/to turn around
        yùnsòng, [運送], to transport/to carry
        Àoyùnhuì, [奧運會], abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会/Olympic Games/the Olympics
        yùndòngxié, [運動鞋], sports shoes/sneakers
        èyùn, [厄運], bad luck/misfortune/adversity
        yùndòngshān, [運動衫], sports shirt/sweatshirt/CL:件[jiàn]
        yùnhé, [運河], canal
        huòyùn, [貨運], freight transport/cargo/transported goods
        yùnyíng, [運營], to be in operation/to do business/(of train, bus etc) to be in service/operation...
        yùndòngchǎng, [運動場], sports field/playground/exercise yard
        xìngyùnér, [幸運兒], winner/lucky guy/person who always gets good breaks
        Àoyùn, [奧運], abbr. for 奧林匹克運動會|奥林匹克运动会/Olympic Games/the Olympics
        yùnchāochē, [運鈔車], armored car (for transporting valuables)
        bānyùn, [搬運], freight/transport/portage/to transport/to carry
        tōuyùn, [偷運], to smuggle
        zhuǎnyùn, [轉運], to forward goods/to ship/to distribute/transshipment/a lucky break/change of for...
        yùnsuàn, [運算], to perform calculations/(mathematical) operation
        kōngyùn, [空運], air transport
        yùndòngfú, [運動服], sportswear
        yùndònghuì, [運動會], sports competition/CL:個|个[gè]
        yùnqiú, [運球], to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)
        bānyùngōng, [搬運工], porter
        tǐyùyùndòng, [體育運動], sports/physical culture
        chuányùn, [船運], sea freight/shipping
        zhuāngyùn, [裝運], to ship/shipment
        shíláiyùnzhuǎn, [時來運轉], the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break/things change for t...
        tuōyùn, [托運], to consign (goods)/to check through (baggage)
        hángyùn, [航運], shipping/transport
        yāyùn, [押運], to escort (goods or funds)/to convey under guard
        táohuāyùn, [桃花運], luck with the ladies/a romance/good luck
        shíyùn, [時運], circumstances/fate
        jìnyùn, [禁運], embargo/export ban (e.g. on weapons)
        bèiyùn, [背運], bad luck/unlucky
        hǎiyùn, [海運], shipping by sea
        yíngyùn, [營運], running/operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
        èyùn, [噩運], variant of 厄運|厄运[è yùn]
        yùnfèi, [運費], freight fee
鸿         hóngyùn, [鴻運], variant of 紅運|红运[hóng yùn]
        èyùn, [惡運], variant of 厄運|厄运[è yùn]
        yìngyùnérshēng, [應運而生], to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)/to arise at an opportune time/able ...
        yùnshūchuán, [運輸船], transport ship
        kèyùn, [客運], passenger transportation/(Tw) intercity bus
        Yàyùnhuì, [亞運會], Asian Games
        liányùn, [聯運], through transport/through traffic jointly organized by different enterprises
        yùnshūyè, [運輸業], transportation industry
        yùnzài, [運載], to carry/to convey/delivery/supply
        yùnchóuwéiwò, [運籌帷幄], lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)/fig. planning strategies
        shuǐyùn, [水運], waterborne transport
        yùndòngbìng, [運動病], car sickness/motion sickness
        guóyùn, [國運], fate of the nation
        tiánjìngyùndòng, [田徑運動], track and field sports
        zàiyùn, [載運], to convey (on vehicle)/to freight
        DàYùnhé, [大運河], the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
        yùnjià, [運價], fare/transport cost
        yùnchéng, [運程], one's fortune (in astrology)
        yùnshūliàng, [運輸量], volume of freight
        fànyùn, [販運], to transport (for sale)/to traffic (in sth)
        chéngyùn, [承運], to provide transport/to accept the Mandate of Heaven/to acknowledge one's callin...
        chūnyùn, [春運], (increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
        lùyùn, [陸運], land transport
        fāyùn, [發運], (of goods) to dispatch/shipment/shipping
        yùnchóu, [運籌], to plan/operations/logistics
        yùnshūjiàn, [運輸艦], transport ship
        dǎoyùn, [倒運], to have bad luck
        YùnhéQū, [運河區], Yunhe District of Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cāng zhōu Shì], Hebei
        yùndòngxué, [運動學], kinematics
        qǐyùn, [起運], variant of 啟運|启运[qǐ yùn]
        sānyuányùnsuàn, [三元運算], ternary operator (computing)
        sānfǎnyùndòng, [三反運動], "Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC...
        BùJiéméngYùndòng, [不結盟運動], Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
        ShìjièYùndònghuì, [世界運動會], World Games
        ShìYùn, [世運], World Games/abbr. for 世界運動會|世界运动会[Shì jiè Yùn dòng huì]
        DōngyàYùndònghuì, [東亞運動會], East Asian Games
        Dōngyīyùn, [東伊運], abbr. for 東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動|东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动[Dōng Tū jué sī tǎn Yī sī lán Yùn dòng] East Turk...
        DōngTūjuésītǎnYīsīlánYùndòng, [東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動], East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
        ZhōngguóJiāotōngYùnshūXiéhuì, [中國交通運輸協會], China Communications and Transportation Association (CCTA)
        ZhōngguóRénquánMínyùnXìnxīZhōngxīn, [中國人權民運信息中心], Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong
        ZhōngguóHángkōngYùnshūXiéhuì, [中國航空運輸協會], China Air Transport Association (CATA)
        YìhétuánYùndòng, [義和團運動], Boxer Rebellion
        wǔsàyùndòng, [五卅運動], anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Sha...
        wǔsìàiguóyùndòng, [五四愛國運動], May Fourth Movement/Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May ...
        WǔsìYùndòng, [五四運動], May Fourth Movement/Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May ...
        Yàyùn, [亞運], Asian Games
        Yàyùncūn, [亞運村], Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
        jiāochāyùnqiú, [交叉運球], crossover dribble (basketball)
        jiāoyùn, [交運], to meet with luck/to hand over for transportation/to check (one's baggage at an ...
        JiāotōngYùnshūbù, [交通運輸部], PRC Ministry of Transport (MOT)
        JīngHángDàYùnhé, [京杭大運河], the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
        JīngHángYùnhé, [京杭運河], the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
        rénkǒufànyùn, [人口販運], trafficking in persons/human trafficking
        tǐcāoyùndòngyuán, [體操運動員], gymnast
        jiànměiyùndòng, [健美運動], body-building
        QuánguóYùndònghuì, [全國運動會], National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since ...
        Quányùnhuì, [全運會], abbr. for 全國運動會|全国运动会[Quán guó Yùn dòng huì]
        XīngānYùnhé, [興安運河], another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Líng qú] canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xīng ān], G...
        nóngyùn, [農運], peasant movement (abbr. for 農民運動|农民运动[nóng mín yùn dòng])
        Nóngyùnhuì, [農運會], China National Farmers' Games (sports meeting for peasants held every 4 years si...
        dōngyùnhuì, [冬運會], winter games
        bīngshàngyùndòng, [冰上運動], ice-sports
        jiàngxīndúyùn, [匠心獨運], original and ingenious (idiom)/to show great creativity
        FǎnyòuYùndòng, [反右運動], Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Cam...
        fǎnYuányùndòng, [反袁運動], opposing Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 in War of national protection 護國爭|护国争 1915-1916/sam...
        gǔwényùndòng, [古文運動], cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different peri...
        Táiběijiéyùn, [台北捷運], Taipei Metro
        diàoyùn, [吊運], to transport by crane/to convey
        qǐyùn, [啟運], to ship (goods)
        Ōyùnhuì, [噢運會], see 奧運會|奥运会[Ào yùn huì]
        SìqīngYùndòng, [四清運動], the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, econo...
        guójìgòngchǎnzhǔyìyùndòng, [國際共產主義運動], Comintern/the international communist movement
        GuójìHángkōngYùnshūXiéhuì, [國際航空運輸協會], International Air Transport Association (IATA)
        guójìhuòyùndàilǐ, [國際貨運代理], international transport agency
        QuāndìYùndòng, [圈地運動], Enclosure Movement
        dìqiàoyùndòng, [地殼運動], crustal movement/movement of tectonic plates
        huàiyùn, [壞運], bad luck/misfortune
        ChéngshìYùndònghuì, [城市運動會], National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four ye...
        Chéngyùnhuì, [城運會], abbr. for 城市運動會|城市运动会[Chéng shì Yùn dòng huì]
        duōgōngyùnzuò, [多工運作], multithreading
        dàzhòngjiéyùn, [大眾捷運], mass rapid transit MRT
        dàzhòngyùnshū, [大眾運輸], public transport (Tw)
        Dàyùn, [大運], Mandate of Heaven/the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built start...
        DàmíngdàfàngYùndòng, [大鳴大放運動], see 百花運動|百花运动[Bǎi huā Yùn dòng]
        ÀolínpǐkèYùndònghuì, [奧林匹克運動會], Olympic Games/the Olympics
        Àoyùncūn, [奧運村], Olympic Village
        Àoyùnsài, [奧運賽], Olympic Games
        hǎoyùnfú, [好運符], good luck charm
        fùnǚyùndòng, [婦女運動], women's movement/feminism
        xuéshengyùndòng, [學生運動], student movement
        xuéyùn, [學運], student movement
        guānyùnhēngtōng, [官運亨通], (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
        kèyùnliàng, [客運量], amount of passenger traffic
        BānámǎYùnhé, [巴拿馬運河], Panama Canal
        bùlǎngyùndòng, [布朗運動], Brownian motion
        xìngyùnchōujiǎng, [幸運抽獎], lucky draw/lottery
        yìngtiānchéngyùn, [應天承運], lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the w...
        yìngyùn, [應運], to conform with destiny/as the occasion demands
        kāiyùnzhú, [開運竹], lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
        wǎngfùyùndòng, [往復運動], backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump)/reciprocating motion
        zǒngyùndān, [總運單], master air waybill (MAWB) (transport)
        DǎMáquèYùndòng, [打麻雀運動], the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during...
        tuōyùnxíngli, [托運行李], luggage that has been checked in (on flight)
        sǎohuángyùndòng, [掃黃運動], campaign against pornography
        chéngyùnrén, [承運人], carrier (of goods etc)
        KàngRìJiùwángYùndòng, [抗日救亡運動], the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian ...
        HùguóYùndòng, [護國運動], Campaign to Defend the Republic (1915) or National Protection War, a rebellion a...
        yāyùnyuán, [押運員], supercargo (in maritime law)/agent responsible for goods/an escort
        JiédáHángkōngHuòyùn, [捷達航空貨運], Jett8 Airlines Cargo (based in Singapore)
        jiéyùn, [捷運], rapid transit/subway
        zhuàngdàyùn, [撞大運], to have a lucky stroke/to try one's luck
        zhuàngyùnqi, [撞運氣], to try one's luck/to rely on fate
        gǎiyùn, [改運], to alter one's fate/to improve one's luck (e.g. by changing one's name or phone ...
        zhèngzhìyùndòng, [政治運動], political movement
        zhěngfēngyùndòng, [整風運動], Rectification campaign/political purge/cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and h...
        XīnWénhuàYùndòng, [新文化運動], the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against ...
        xuánzhuǎnyùndòng, [旋轉運動], rotation/rotary motion
        wúchuánchéngyùnrén, [無船承運人], non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC) (transportation)
        shíyùnbùjì, [時運不濟], fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good
        shíyùnhēngtōng, [時運亨通], our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
        xīngzuòyùnshì, [星座運勢], (Western-style) horoscope
        yǒuyǎngyùndòng, [有氧運動], aerobics
        jīyùn, [機運], chance and opportunity
        jíxiànyùndòng, [極限運動], extreme sport
        gòuzàoyùndòng, [構造運動], tectonic movement/movement of earth's crust
        wǔqìjìnyùn, [武器禁運], embargo on arms sale
        máozhīyùndòngshān, [毛織運動衫], jersey
        mínyùn, [民運], civil transport/movement aimed at the masses/democracy movement (abbr.)
        shuǐshàngyùndòng, [水上運動], water sports/aquatic motion/movement over water
        qìyùn, [汽運], bus transport
        héyùn, [河運], river transport
        bōbǐyùndòng, [波比運動], burpee (loanword)
        YángwùYùndòng, [洋務運動], Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named...
        fúdiǎnyùnsuàn, [浮點運算], floating point operation
        hǎishàngyùndòng, [海上運動], water sports (sailing, windsurfing etc)
        hǎiyùnfèi, [海運費], shipping/sea transport
        miǎoyùn, [渺運], faraway/distant/remote
        XiāngGuìYùnhé, [湘桂運河], Hunan-Guanxi canal, another name for Lingqu 靈渠|灵渠[Líng qú] canal in Xing'an coun...
        huáxuěyùndòng, [滑雪運動], skiing
        cáoyùn, [漕運], (old) to transport by water/to ship grain as tax
        ÀiguóWèishēngYùndòngWěiyuánhuì, [愛國衛生運動委員會], Patriotic Health Committee
        gǒushǐyùn, [狗屎運], (coll.) (other people's) dumb luck
        shēngmìngzàiyúyùndòng, [生命在於運動], life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)/Physical effo...
        BǎihuāYùndòng, [百花運動], Hundred Flowers Campaign (PRC, 1956-57), in which Mao called for the taboo on di...
        pídàiyùnshūjī, [皮帶運輸機], belt conveyor
        pèngyùnqi, [碰運氣], to try one's luck/to leave sth to chance
        shìwēiyùndòng, [示威運動], rally
        ShèhuìZhǔyìJiàoyùYùndòng, [社會主義教育運動], Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movemen...
        shèyùn, [社運], social movement/abbr. for 社會運動|社会运动
        sīyùn, [私運], to smuggle
        kōngyùnfèi, [空運費], air freight (cost of air transport)
        jiǎnxiéyùndòng, [簡諧運動], simple harmonic motion (in mechanics)/motion of a simple pendulum
        guǎndàoyùnshū, [管道運輸], pipeline transport
        hóngyùn, [紅運], good luck
        MěiguóYùntōng, [美國運通], American Express Co. (Amex)
        zhíyèyùndòngyuán, [職業運動員], professional (athlete)/pro
        liányùnpiào, [聯運票], transfer ticket
        sùfǎnyùndòng, [肅反運動], purge of counterrevolutionaries (esp. Mao's purge of hidden counterrevolutionari...
        ZìqiángYùndòng, [自強運動], Self-Strengthening Movement (period of reforms in China c 1861-1894), also named...
        hángkōngyùndān, [航空運單], Air Waybill (AWB)
        chuányùnyè, [船運業], shipping
        SūyīshìYùnhé, [蘇伊士運河], Suez Canal
        yíngyùnzījīn, [營運資金], working capital
        yíngyùnzhǎng, [營運長], chief operating officer (COO) (Tw)
        xínglǐbānyùngōng, [行李搬運工], baggage handler
        shuāiyùn, [衰運], decline in fortunes
        jiěfàngyùndòng, [解放運動], liberation movement
        XièLíngyùn, [謝靈運], Xie Lingyun (385-433) poet during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋
        huòwùyùnshū, [貨物運輸], freight or cargo transportation
        huòyùnlièchē, [貨運列車], goods train/freight train
        huòyùnkǎchē, [貨運卡車], freight truck
        zǒuhǎoyùn, [走好運], to experience good luck
        zǒutáohuāyùn, [走桃花運], to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
        jiǎnyùn, [蹇運], misfortune/bad luck
        zhuǎnyùnzhàn, [轉運棧], storage depot on a transportation route
        zhuǎnyùnzhàn, [轉運站], distribution depot/staging post/transit center
        zhóutūyùnshū, [軸突運輸], axonal transport
        niǎnyùn, [輦運], (literary) to transport/to ship
        shūyùn, [輸運], to transport/transportation
        yùnjiāo, [運交], to consign/to send (goods to customers)/shipping/delivery
使         yùnshǐ, [運使], commissioner (old)
        yùnchū, [運出], shipment/to dispatch/to ship out/to send
        yùnchūyùnfèi, [運出運費], outward freight (accountancy)
        yùndòngdìnglǜ, [運動定律], laws of motion (mechanics)
        yùndòngjiā, [運動家], athlete/sportsman/activist
        yùndòngzhàn, [運動戰], mobile warfare
        yùndòngfāngchéng, [運動方程], equations of motion
        yùnshì, [運勢], horoscope/one's fortune
        yùnjiàng, [運匠], variant of 運將|运将[yùn jiàng]
        yùnshí, [運十], Shanghai Y-10/Yun-10 commercial jet aircraft
        yùndān, [運單], way bill/transport charge
        yùnmìng, [運命], fate/one's fortune
        Yùnchéng, [運城], Yuncheng prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西
        Yùnchéngdìqū, [運城地區], Yuncheng prefecture in Shanxi
        Yùnchéngshì, [運城市], Yuncheng prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西
        yùnjiàng, [運將], driver (of a taxi etc) (loanword from Japanese) (Tw)
        Yùnqìng, [運慶], Unkei (c. 1150-1224), Japanese sculptor of Buddhist images
        yùnsī, [運思], to think/to exercise one's mind
        yùnshù, [運數], one's fortune/destiny
        yùnyòngzìrú, [運用自如], to have a fluent command of (idiom)
        yùnshén, [運神], to concentrate/to think what you're doing
        yùnyí, [運移], migration (geology)
        yùnbǐ, [運筆], to wield the pen/to write
        yùnchóuxué, [運籌學], operations research (OR)
        yùnsuànshì, [運算式], (math.) expression (arithmetic, Boolean etc)
        yùnsuànfāngfǎ, [運算方法], rules of arithmetic
        yùnsuànfǎzé, [運算法則], rules of calculation (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)/algori...
        yùnsuànhuánjìng, [運算環境], operating environment
        yùnjiǎo, [運腳], freight charge
        yùnyíngshāng, [運營商], operator (of a power station, transport network etc)/carrier (telecommunications...
        yùnyíngzǒngjiān, [運營總監], chief operating officer (COO)
        yùnxíngfāngshì, [運行方式], operating method/running mode
        yùnxíngshí, [運行時], run-time (in computing)
        yùnxíngshícuòwù, [運行時錯誤], run-time error (in computing)
        yùnxíngzhuàngkuàng, [運行狀況], operational state/running state
        yùnhuòyuán, [運貨員], porter
        yùnhuòmǎchē, [運貨馬車], cargo wagon
        yùnzàihuǒjiàn, [運載火箭], carrier rocket
        yùnzàiliàng, [運載量], transport volume
        yùnshūwǎng, [運輸網], transport network
        yùndao, [運道], fortune/luck/fate
        yùnliàng, [運量], volume of freight
        yùnxiāo, [運銷], distribution/transport and sale (of goods)
退         tuìchūyùnxíng, [退出運行], to decommission
        nìyùn, [逆運], bad luck/unlucky fate
        nìyùnsuàn, [逆運算], inverse operation/inverse calculation
        zàoshānyùndòng, [造山運動], mountain building (geology)/orogenesis
        chǎnyùnjī, [鏟運機], earth-moving machine/mechanical digger
        chǎnyùnchē, [鏟運車], front loader (vehicle)
        ChángróngHǎiyùn, [長榮海運], Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan shipping line)
        chángpǎoyùndòngyuán, [長跑運動員], long distance runner
        jízhōngtuōyùn, [集中托運], consolidated cargo (transportation)
        jíyùn, [集運], cooperative transport/concentrated freight
        méiyùn, [霉運], ill luck/misfortune
        tuíyùn, [頹運], crumbling fate/declining fortune
        shǒuxíyùnyíngguān, [首席運營官], chief operating officer (COO)
        tuóyùn, [馱運], to transport on pack animal/to carry (a load on one's back)
        tuóyùnlù, [馱運路], a bridle path
        bóyùn, [駁運], transport by lighter/lighter

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