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主管

zhǔ guǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

主管 (zhǔ guǎn) means "in charge". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 主管 means

1. in charge
2. responsible for
3. person in charge
4. manager

The characters in 主管

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage

Example sentences

• 他是我部门的主管。
  Tā shì wǒ bùmén de zhǔguǎn.
  He is the chief of my department.
• 我刚跟主管人谈过。
  I just talked to the person in charge.
• 事实上他并不是主管。
  Shìshíshàng tā bìngbù shì zhǔguǎn.
  He isn't actually the manager.
• 不是的，他是我们的业务主管。
  No, he's our business manager.
• 第三，请每个项目主管报告进度。
  Thirdly, each team leader please report your progress.
• 雅雯昨天提案超稳，主管一直点头。
  Ya-wen nailed her proposal yesterday. The boss kept nodding.

Words starting with 主管

• 主管人员zhǔ guǎn rén yuánexecutive
• 主管机关zhǔ guǎn jī guānthe agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body

Where 主管 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhōu–zhū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǔ guǎn correctly.
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