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管理

guǎn lǐ · guan li

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 4Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. to supervise
  2. to manage
  3. to administer
  4. management
  5. administration
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Managing the snack cabinet

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，谁(shéi)来(lái)管理(guǎnlǐ)我们(wǒmen)的(de)零食柜(língshíguì)？

    Liangliang, who will manage our snack cabinet?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)来(lái)管理(guǎnlǐ)，我(wǒ)很(hěn)会(huì)管理(guǎnlǐ)。

    I will manage it. I am very good at managing.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)你(nǐ)说说(shuōshuo)，现在(xiànzài)柜子(guìzi)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)几包(jǐbāo)薯片(shǔpiàn)？

    Okay, tell me how many bags of chips are in the cabinet now?

  4. Liangliang

    嗯(ēn)……一包(yībāo)。

    Um... one.

  5. Dengdeng

    昨天(zuótiān)还(hái)有(yǒu)十包(shíbāo)！

    There were ten bags yesterday!

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)在(zài)管理(guǎnlǐ)它们(tāmen)啊(a)，一天(yītiān)管理(guǎnlǐ)一包(yībāo)。

    I am managing them. I manage one bag a day.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)没(méi)有(yǒu)能(néng)力(lì)去(qù)管(guǎn)理(lǐ)那(nà)个(ge)团(tuán)队(duì)。

He doesn't have the ability to manage that group.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by megamanenm · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)管(guǎn)理(lǐ)得(de)很(hěn)规(guī)范(fàn)，员(yuán)工(gōng)都(dōu)很(hěn)满(mǎn)意(yì)。

This company is managed very systematically, and the employees are all satisfied.

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管
guǎn

to take care (of); to control

理
lǐ

texture; grain (of wood)

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