HSK 3 · Education, Work

经理 jīnglǐ “manager” in Chinese

Traditional 經理

What 经理 means

  1. manager
  2. director

Measure word 个 gè or 位 wèi · 一个经理 yí ge jīnglǐ

How to say 经理

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale经jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

经理 in a sentence

  1. 他是经理吗？

    Tā shì jīnglǐ ma?

    Is he the manager?

    Sentence #11837809 from Tatoeba

  2. 我已经跟经理谈话了。

    Wǒ yǐjīng gēn jīnglǐ tánhuà le.

    I’ve already talked to the manager.

    Sentence #9982221 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 公司的经理确定了工作计划。

    Gōngsī de jīnglǐ quèdìng le gōngzuò jìhuà.

    The company manager decided on the work plan.

    Sentence #1977510 from Tatoeba

How 经理 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 经 (jīng) drawn as one shape
经jīngclassics

经 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidSilk 纟: the threads that run lengthwise on a loom. From there, to pass through.

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 经理

经 8 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.

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

Words related to 经理

Words with 经

已经yǐjīng · already经常jīngcháng · often经过jīngguò · to pass经济jīngjì · economy经历jīnglì · experience经验jīngyàn · experience曾经céngjīng · once经典jīngdiǎn · classic经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)经商jīngshāng · to be in business

Words with 理

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管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise办理bànlǐ · to handle处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational心理xīnlǐ · psychology

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FAQs

经理 (jīnglǐ) means “manager” or “director”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it jīnglǐ: jīng with a 1st tone, then lǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 经理 is written 經理. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi). For example, one manager is 一个经理 (yí ge jīnglǐ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 经理 from the suggestions. Typing jingli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
经理 is an HSK 3 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.