| 窗口 | chuāng kǒu | window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground |  |
| 操作系统 | cāo zuò xì tǒng | operating system | |
| 江湖 | Jiāng hú | rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld |  |
| 小灵通 | xiǎo líng tōng | Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart" | |
| 工作报告 | gōng zuò bào gào | working report / operating report | |
| 远端 | yuǎn duān | the far end (of an object) / remote (i.e. operating from a distance or over a computer network) / (anatomy) distal | |
| 手术室 | shǒu shù shì | operating room | |
| 操作规程 | cāo zuò guī chéng | operating rules / work regulations | |
| 钱庄 | qián zhuāng | old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal | |
| 业务主管 | | chief operating officer | |
| 野鸡 | yě jī | pheasant / unregistered and operating illegally (business) / (slang) prostitute | |
| 手术台 | shǒu shù tái | operating table | |
| 操作台 | cāo zuò tái | operating desk / control panel / console | |
| 裸机 | luǒ jī | hardware-only device / computer without operating system or other software installed / mobile phone or pager without network subscription | |
| 司炉 | sī lú | stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine) | |
| 熔断 | róng duàn | (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) | |
| 操作环境 | cāo zuò huán jìng | operating environment | |
| 操作速率 | cāo zuò sù lu:4 | operating speed | |
| 实时操作环境 | shí shí cāo zuò huán jìng | real time operating environment | |
| 网路作业系统 | wǎng lù zuò yè xì tǒng | network operating system | |
| 网络操作系统 | wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒng | network operating system | |
| 运算环境 | yùn suàn huán jìng | operating environment | |
| 作业环境 | zuò yè huán jìng | operating environment | |
| 作业系统 | zuò yè xì tǒng | operating system (Tw) | |
| 蓝屏死机 | lán píng sǐ jī | (computing) (of an operating system) to crash and display the "blue screen of death" | |
| 百胜餐饮集团 | Bǎi shèng Cān yǐn Jí tuán | Yum! Brands, Inc., American fast food corporation operating Pizza Hut, KFC etc. | |
| 运行方式 | yùn xíng fāng shì | operating method / running mode | |
| 首席运营官 | shǒu xí yùn yíng guān | chief operating officer (COO) | |
| 标准作业程序 | biāo zhǔn zuò yè chéng xù | standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures | |
| 运行记录 | yùn xíng jì lù | operating record | |
| 作战基地 | | operating base | |
| 运行安全 | | operating security | |
| 最低运作安保标准 | zuì dī yùn zuò ān bǎo biāo zhǔn | minimum operating security standards | |
| 业务费用 | yè wù fèi yòng | operating costs / operating expenses | |
| 在南非营业公司行为守则 | | Code of Conduct for Corporations operating in South Africa | |
| 运作原则 | yùn zuò yuán zé | operating principles | |
| 特派团标准作业程序 | | mission standard operating procedures / mission standing operating procedures | |
| 标准作业程序指导方针 | biāo zhǔn zuò yè chéng xù zhǐ dǎo fāng zhēn | Guidelines for Standard Operating Procedures / Guideline SOPs | |
| 标准医务作业程序 | biāo zhǔn yī wù zuò yè chéng xù | medical standard operating procedures / medical SOPs | |
| 手术室照明灯 | | operating theatre lamp / OT lamp | |
| 外地办事处业务经费 | | field office operating fund | |
| 一般业务费用 | yī pán yè wù fèi yòng | general operating costs | |
| 联合国适用汇率 | | United Nations operating rate of exchange | |
| 姐妹协作基层组织 | jiě mèi xié zuò jī céng zǔ zhī | Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood | |
| 营运费用 | yíng yùn fèi yòng | operating charge | |
| 特派团安全管理标准作业程序 | | Mission Security Management Standard Operating Procedures | |
| 普通账户业务基金 | pǔ tòng zhàng hù yè wù jī jīn | General Account Operating Fund | |
| 总部最低运作安保标准 | zǒng bù zuì dī yùn zuò ān bǎo biāo zhǔn | headquarters minimum operating security standards | |
| 初始运作能力 | chū shǐ yùn zuò néng lì | initial operating capability | |
| 最低标准简易机场 | zuì dī biāo zhǔn jiǎn yì jī chǎng | minimum operating strip | |
| 当地业务费用项下的付款 | | payment towards local operating costs | |
| 项目业务基金 | xiàng mù yè wù jī jīn | project operating fund | |
| 通信作业程序 | tòng xìn zuò yè chéng xù | signal operating instructions | |
| 现行通信规程 | | signal operating instructions / standing signals instructions | |
| 通信和电子操作说明 | | communications and electronics operating instructions | |
| 无船货物承运人 | wú chuán huò wù chéng yùn rén | non-vessel operating cargo carrier | |
| 前方作业基地 | | forward operations base / forward operating base | |
| 经常作业程序 | jīng cháng zuò yè chéng xù | standard operating procedures / standing operating procedures | |
| 操作控制语言 | | Operating Command Language | |
| 规划和经营大型电力系统问题专家组 | | Group of Experts on Problems of Planning and Operating Large Power Systems | |
| 通讯语言 | | operating language | |
| 限制行动区 | | restricted operating zone | |
| 业务基金账户 | | operating fund account | |
| 捐赠基金和经营基金 | | Endowment and Operating Funds | |
| 业务基金 | | Operating Fund | |
| 驻地最低运作安保标准 | | minimum operating residential security standards | |
| 业务基金报表 | | Operating Fund Statement | |
| 运行报告 | | operating report | |
| 开办营运费用 | | start-up operating cost | |
| 战场运作系统 | | battlefield operating systems | |
| 运营总监 | yùn yíng zǒng jiān | chief operating officer (COO) | |
| 营运长 | yíng yùn zhǎng | chief operating officer (COO) (Tw) | |
| 复驶 | fù shǐ | (of a public transportation route) to resume operating | |
