管理
to manage; management; administration
HSK level
- Pinyin
- guǎnlǐ
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- HSK 4
- Strokes
- 25
- Register
- neutral
- In episodes
- 1
Stroke order for 管理
管理 is written with 25 strokes (管: 14, 理: 11). The animation replays automatically.
What does 管理 mean?
管理 (guǎnlǐ) means 'to manage, administer, or supervise' as a verb, and 'management / administration' as a noun.
It covers running an organization, overseeing people or resources, and maintaining a system — a manager 管理 a team, software 管理 files, a government 管理 traffic. Literally 'to control and put in order,' it combines authority with the sense of keeping things orderly. Two differences from English 'manage': first, 管理 does not carry the everyday sense of 'manage to do something' (succeed in doing) — that idea is expressed with 设法 or 想办法 instead.
Second, 管理 stays close to organized, ongoing oversight; a quick, one-off 'handle this' is 处理 (chǔlǐ), not 管理. Register is neutral and extremely common in business, IT, and civic contexts.
Character by character
Memory hook: 管 (control) + 理 (put in order) = to keep things controlled and orderly, i.e. to manage.
Hear 管理 in real episodes
管理 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
公司里一位管理人员说过一句话，现在被写进了法院的文件里。
A manager at the company said something that is now written into the court documents.
State Farm Kept $1.4 Billion by Denying Roof Claims — Its Own Agents Tried to Stop It
Example sentences
他管理着一个大团队。
Tā guǎnlǐ zhe yí ge dà tuánduì.
He manages a large team.
neutral
我不太会管理自己的时间。
Wǒ bú tài huì guǎnlǐ zìjǐ de shíjiān.
I'm not very good at managing my time.
spoken
这个软件可以帮你管理文件。
Zhège ruǎnjiàn kěyǐ bāng nǐ guǎnlǐ wénjiàn.
This software can help you manage your files.
neutral
公司需要更好的管理。
Gōngsī xūyào gèng hǎo de guǎnlǐ.
The company needs better management.
written
Common phrases with 管理
Synonyms
处理 means 'to handle / deal with' a specific task or problem, often one-off. 管理 means ongoing oversight of people or systems. You 处理 a complaint today; you 管理 the customer-service team every day.
经营 means 'to operate / run (a business)' with a focus on making it profitable. 管理 focuses on organizing and controlling. An owner 经营 a shop (runs it as a business) and also 管理 the staff (oversees them).
Don't confuse 管理 with
管 alone can mean 'to mind / control / bother about' in casual speech (别管我 'leave me alone'). 管理 is the formal two-syllable word for structured management. Don't use bare 管 in a business title.
FAQ
Related words from the same episodes
Acquire it by listening
Meet 管理 again — in real Chinese, at your level.
You just saw 管理 in 1 episode. Fluentide keeps feeding you news episodes at your level, so this word — and thousands like it — resurface in real sentences until they stick. Full pinyin and translation every time. Free to start.