HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Everyday Verbs

管 guǎn “to manage” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 管 means

  1. to manage
  2. to be in charge of
  3. to care about
  4. to take care (of)
  5. to control
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to look after
  • to run

How to say 管

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale管guǎn3rd tone, dipping

管 in a sentence

  1. 管他呢！

    Guǎn tā ne!

    Who cares!

    Sentence #12506606 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 谁管她什么时候要结婚？

    Shéi guǎn tā shénme shíhou yào jiéhūn?

    Who cares when she gets married?

    Sentence #896620 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 不管你怎么做，结果都一样。

    Bùguǎn nǐ zěnme zuò, jiéguǒ dōu yíyàng.

    Whatever you do, the result will be the same.

    Sentence #480964 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 管 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 管 (guǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
管guǎnto take care
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 官official · guānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 官 (guān) hints at the sound. Compare it with guǎn.

How to write 管

管 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

管 (guǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 管 (guǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 管

Words with 管

不管bùguǎn · not to be concerned管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise尽管jǐnguǎn · despite管子guǎnzi · tube保管bǎoguǎn · to look after主管zhǔguǎn · person in charge管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over

More words: Everyday Verbs

搬家bānjiā · to move house关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)无法wúfǎ · to be unable to活huó · to live定dìng · to decide按àn · to press入rù · to enter

FAQs

管 (guǎn) means “to manage” or “to be in charge of”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it guǎn: guǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 管 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 管 from the suggestions. Typing guan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
管 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.