Chinese symbol for “operator”
运营商
yùn yíng shāng
Traditional: 運營商
operator (of a power station, transport network etc); carrier (telecommunications etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for operator is 运营商 (yùn yíng shāng), defined as: operator (of a power station, transport network etc); carrier (telecommunications etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “operator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 算子 | suàn zi | operator (math.) |
| 操作员 (操作員) | cāo zuò yuán | operator |
| 操作者 | cāo zuò zhě | operator |
| 操作符 | cāo zuò fú | operator (computing) |
| 作业员 (作業員) | zuò yè yuán | operator (of a machine etc); factory worker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 运营商.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 运用 (運用) | yùn yòng | to use; to put to use |
| 运行 (運行) | yùn xíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation |
| 运输 (運輸) | yùn shū | to transport; to carry |
| 命运 (命運) | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 幸运 (幸運) | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 经营 (經營) | jīng yíng | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate |
| 运营 (運營) | yùn yíng | to be in operation; to do business |
| 商业 (商業) | shāng yè | business; trade |
See also: Japanese symbol for “operator”.
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.