管家

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Chinese

to take care (of); to control; to manage
to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; tube; pipe
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
trad. (管家)
simp. #(管家)

Pronunciation


Note: Toneless - only the noun sense.

Noun

管家

  1. (literal, figurative) housekeeper; butler; manager; steward
    金融管家  ―  jīnróng hǎo guǎnjiā  ―  good financial steward

Verb

管家

  1. to manage one's household

Derived terms

References

  • 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “895 管家”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 379.