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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *管* | 管* | *管
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 in ... constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *管* | 管* | *管
variant of
HSK 3
to supervise / to manage / to administer / management / administration / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(drinking) straw / pipette / eyedropper / snorkel / CL:
HSK 4
not to be concerned / regardless of / no matter
HSK 4
despite / although / even though / in spite of / unhesitatingly / do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc) / (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
HSK 5
in charge / responsible for / person in charge / manager
HSK 5
tubing / pipeline / (fig.) channel / means
HSK 6
vein / artery / CL:
HSK 6
to look after
HSK 6
solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth)
HSK 6
to oversee / to take charge of / to supervise / to administer / supervisory / supervision
HSK 7-9
water pipe
HSK 7-9
to administer / to have jurisdiction (over)
HSK 7-9
tube / pipe / drinking straw / CL:
HSK 7-9
efficacious / useful
HSK 7-9
(old) butler; steward / manager; administrator; housekeeper / to manage a household
HSK 7-9
in charge of / to control
HSK 7-9
to discipline / to teach / to guarantee
HSK 7-9
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care / to guarantee / certainly; surely / custodian; curator
HSK 7-9
windpipe / trachea / respiratory tract / air duct / gas pipe
HSK 7-9
management fee
HSK 7-9
lymphatic vessel
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *管* | 管* | *管
surname Guan
to control
ventilation duct
bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严 used in comic theater)
to be in charge of
Malpighian tubule system (in the insect digestive tract etc)
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
cavity magnetron (used to produce microwaves)
(medicine) catheter
steel pipe / pole (in pole dancing)
senior executive; senior manager (abbr. for 高級管理人員|高级管理人员)
fluorescent light
to be put in charge of / to be responsible for / branched passage
(medicine) to intubate / intubation / (endotracheal) tube
property management (abbr. for 物業管理|物业管理)
to administer jointly
quality control
pipeline / general term for pipes, cables etc
oil pipe / (slang) YouTube
duct; pipe; conduit / (botany) vessel / (medicine) catheter
brass instrument (music)
to take over / to assume control
test tube
administrative committee / management committee / abbr. for 管理委員會|管理委员会
local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局)
piping (for water, oil, etc) / conduit
pipe casing
esophagus; gullet / (Tw) regulation of food safety and sanitation (abbr. for 食品衛生管理|食品卫生管理)
(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth) / (idiom) unheeding; reckless
network management / webmaster
hose / flexible tube
syringe
traffic control
to administer / to manage / to hold in trust or escrow
(botany) sieve tube
to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge; manager / (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
gun barrel
intravenous drip tube / dropper; eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管)
bile duct
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
to exercise control over / restriction; control
trombone
vas deferens
to assist in managing (e.g. traffic police or crowd control) / to steward
henpecked male
unified administration
to look at sth through a bamboo tube / to have a restricted view
fistula
to have no right or ability to interfere in sth / it's none of your business!
to assure; to guarantee
drainpipe / water spout
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. to 證監會|证监会)
to look after / to provide for
trouser leg
pipe wrench
culvert pipe
of undetermined status / unregulated
blowpipe
tube well
lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom); fig. to miss the big picture
burette
siphon
intestine / gut
(slang) to masturbate
CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope
my limited view (lit. view through a thin tube) / my limited understanding / my opinion (humble)
bamboo pipe
solenoid / coil
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (abbr. for 國家外匯管理局|国家外汇管理局)
to stand aside and do nothing (idiom) / to take no part in
to guarantee / assuredly
sax / saxophone
manager / administrator
(anatomy) semicircular canal
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
detonator / fuse
vascular (made up of vessels)

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