管 (gun2 | guan3) : tube, pipe

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管

gun2

guan3

[1] tube; pipe; duct
[2] wind musical instrument
[3] administer; govern; manage; in charge of
[4] bother about; interfere with; meddle
[5] provide; furnish; provide; guarantee
[6] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 竹 (#118)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

管

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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光管 gwong1 gun2 = fluorescent tube 粵

管治 gun2 zi6 guan3 zhi4 = govern

薩克斯管 saat3 hak1 si1 gun2 sa4 ke4 si1 guan3 = saxophone 國

管理 gun2 lei5 guan3 li3 = to manage; management

水管 seoi2 gun2 shui3 guan3 = water pipe

不管 bat1 gun2 bu4 guan3 = no matter what

保管 bou2 gun2 bao3 guan3 = to take of; surely

主管 zyu2 gun2 zhu3 guan3 = in charge

掌管 zoeng2 gun2 zhang3 guan3 = to control; to be in charge of

只管 zi2 gun2 zhi3 guan3 = by all means
See all 154 compounds (CantoDict reports 168 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 管
Unicode code for this character: U+7ba1 (off-site link)

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