A terminal operating method, and terminal. The terminal operating method comprises: displaying a touch control region in a screen unlock interface of a terminal (101), wherein the touch control region is determined with a two-dimensional coordinate system, N1 predetermined coordinate points are arranged in the touch control region, and each predetermined coordinate point corresponds, according to a first mapping rule, to one operation object; acquiring a first touch control operation with respect to the touch control region and performed by a user, and employing a corresponding coordinate point of the first touch control operation in the two-dimensional coordinate system as a touch control coordinate point (102); if the touch control coordinate point is a predetermined coordinate point, then determining an operation object corresponding to the touch control coordinate point as a target operation object (103); if the touch control coordinate point is a predetermined coordinate point, acquiring a second touch c
