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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 管家

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
管家 guǎn jiā - (old) butler; steward
- manager; administrator; housekeeper
- to manage a household

List Ranking for: 管家

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 5,683 13,616 13,933

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
管 guǎn- surname Guan
管 guǎn- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
- to be in charge of
- to look after
- to run
- to care about
- tube
- pipe
- woodwind
- classifier for tube-shaped objects
- particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions
- writing brush
- (coll.) to
- towards
管 guǎn- variant of 管[guan3]
家 jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
家 jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]

Other Words Containing 管家

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
管家 - 7 5,683 13,616 13,933
管家婆 - - 41,284 75,371 44,154