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管
guǎn
1. to take care (of)
2. to control
3. to manage
4. to be in charge of
5. to look after
6. to run
7. to care about
8. tube
9. pipe
10. woodwind
11. classifier for tube-shaped objects
12. particle similar to [[把<bǎ>]] in [[管...叫]] constructions
13. writing brush
14. (coll.) to
15. towards
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

管
guǎn
tube, pipe, duct; to manage, to control
HSK 4 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

不管
bùguǎn
no matter (what, how)
HSK 4
主管
zhǔguǎn
in charge
HSK 6
交管
jiāoguǎn
traffic control
代管
dàiguǎn
to administer
保管
bǎoguǎn
to assure
HSK 6
信管
xìnguǎn
a fuse (for explosive charge)
尽管
jǐnguǎn
despite
HSK 4
共管
gòngguǎn
to administer jointly
分管
fēnguǎn
to be put in charge of
别管
biéguǎn
no matter (who, what etc)
包管
bāoguǎn
assure
协管
xiéguǎn
to assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control)
只管
zhǐguǎn
solely engrossed in one thing
吸管
xīguǎn
(drinking) straw
吹管
chuīguǎn
blowpipe
品管
pǐnguǎn
quality control
城管
chéngguǎn
local government bylaw enforcement officer
大管
dàguǎn
bassoon
套管
tàoguǎn
pipe casing
专管
zhuānguǎn
to be in charge of something specific

Alternate Entries

管
guǎn
variant of [[管<guǎn>]]
管
Guǎn
surname Guan

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
251
Word Frequency Rank
637 of 84,292

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