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管子

guǎn zi

HSK 5 2-character word Measure word 根

What 管子 means

1. tube
2. pipe
3. drinking straw

Other readings

管子 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Guǎn zǐGuanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齐国 of Spring and Autumn period;

The characters in 管子

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 有东西卡在管子里。
  Yǒu dōngxi kǎ zài guǎnzi lǐ.
  Something is stuck in the pipe.

Words starting with 管子

• 管子工guǎn zi gōngplumber; pipe-fitter
• 管子钳guǎn zi qiánpipe wrench; monkey wrench

Sounds the same

Read guǎn zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 馆子restaurant; theater (old)

Where 管子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Miscellaneous Objects, Places & Terms B (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guǎn zi correctly.
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