IDENTITY
管guǎnto manage; pipe
HSK 3Top 200
CORE MEANING
to manage; pipe
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to manageHSK3
- 2.pipe; tubeHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- ⺮bamboo radical (zhú)
- strokes
- 14
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱竹官
- bamboo (tubes)
- gives the sound guǎn
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
管理guǎnlǐto manage
不管bùguǎnno matter
尽管jǐnguǎneven though
Graded examples
他管理得很严格。Tā guǎnlǐ de hěn yángé.HSK4
He manages very strictly.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 官
LEARNING
Memory aid
The bamboo (⺮) pipe through which the official (官) controls the flow — managing.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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