Chinese

管理

/ku̯än²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to manage; to administer; to supervise; to regulate; to oversee
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 7

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  • characterChinese管 “a cylindrical double-reed woodwind instrument made of bamboo or wood”
    • meaningChinese竹 “bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆／辘 c)”
    • soundChinese官 “government official, public servant”
      • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
      • ideaChinese𠂤 “ancient form of 師 (“troops”)”
  • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
    • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”

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