"To operate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 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 | to move along one's course (of celestial bodies etc) / (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 / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], 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 | |
