"Operate" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4]
活动 huó dòng to exercise / to move about / to operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
经营 jīng yíng to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate
运行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run
操作 cāo zuò to work / to operate / to manipulate
作业 zuò yè school assignment / homework / work / task / operation / CL:個|个[ge4] / to operate
操纵 cāo zòng to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
运作 yùn zuò to operate / operations / workings / activities (usu. of an organization) / thread (computing)
运转 yùn zhuǎn to work / to operate / to revolve / to turn around
营 yíng camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for
操 cāo to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
操纵自如 cāo zòng zì rú to operate (a machine etc) with ease
动手术 dòng shǒu shù (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) / (of a patient) to have an operation
自营 zì yíng self-operated / to operate one's own business
挂靠 guà kào to be affiliated with / to operate under the wing of / affiliation
合营 hé yíng to operate jointly / a joint venture / cooperative
投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
踩动 cǎi dòng to operate by means of a pedal
收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate
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