HSK 4 · Work

管理 guǎnlǐ “to supervise” in Chinese

Said as guánlǐ

Same in Traditional

What 管理 means

  1. to supervise
  2. to manage
  3. to administer
  4. management
  5. administration

Measure word 个 gè · 一个管理 yí ge guǎnlǐ

How to say 管理

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale管guǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

Said as guánlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

管理 in a sentence

  1. 他没有能力去管理那个团队。

    Tā méiyǒu nénglì qù guǎnlǐ nà ge tuánduì.

    He doesn’t have the ability to manage that team.

    Sentence #14037698 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 小明同学管理能力很强。

    Xiǎo Míng tóngxué guǎnlǐ nénglì hěn qiáng.

    My classmate Xiao Ming has strong management skills.

    Sentence #2440616 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 公司从下个月开始推行新的管理制度。

    Gōngsī cóng xià ge yuè kāishǐ tuīxíng xīn de guǎnlǐ zhìdù.

    From next month, the company will bring in a new management system.

    Sentence #3537562 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 管理 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.

The character 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 管理

管 14 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 管理

Words with 管

管guǎn · to manage不管bùguǎn · not to be concerned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

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational心理xīnlǐ · psychology

More words: School, Work & Culture

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money工资gōngzī · wages顾客gùkè · customer护士hùshi · nurse记者jìzhě · reporter加班jiābān · to work overtime价格jiàgé · price

FAQs

管理 (guǎnlǐ) means “to supervise” or “to manage”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it guǎnlǐ: guǎn with a 3rd tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like guánlǐ. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 管理 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to supervise is 一个管理 (yí ge guǎnlǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 管理 from the suggestions. Typing guanli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
管理 is an HSK 4 word in the 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.