Operate in Chinese
to operate · HSK 5
操作
- 操 to hold
- 作 to do
这台机器操作起来很简单。 This machine is easy to operate.
Other ways to say operate
More words with 操 or 作
How do you say operate in Chinese?
Operate in Chinese is 操作 (cāo zuò). You can also say 经营 (jīng yíng), 运营 (yùn yíng), 运行 (yùn xíng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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