Chinese symbol for “operation”
行动
xíng dòng
Traditional: 行動
operation; action; 个 (gè); to move about
The closest CC-CEDICT match for operation is 行动 (xíng dòng), defined as: operation; action; 个 (gè); to move about; mobile.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “operation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手术 (手術) | shǒu shù | (surgical) operation; surgery |
| 作业 (作業) | zuò yè | school assignment; homework |
| 运营 (運營) | yùn yíng | to be in operation; to do business |
| 营运 (營運) | yíng yùn | running; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc) |
| 运算 (運算) | yùn suàn | to perform calculations; (mathematical) operation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 行动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 进行 (進行) | jìn xíng | (of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 举行 (舉行) | jǔ xíng | to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) |
| 行为 (行為) | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 行政 | xíng zhèng | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive |
| 银行 (銀行) | yín háng | bank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “operation”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.