管家 meaning in English

guǎnjiā

(old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper

HSK 7-9noun24 strokes

Meaning of 管家

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guǎnjiā
  1. (old) butler; steward
  2. manager; administrator; housekeeper
  3. to manage a household

管家 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

男nán管guǎn家jiā宣xuān布bù史shǐ密mì斯sī先xiān生shēng和hé夫fū人rén驾jià到dào。
The butler announced Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Stroke order for each character

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管 guǎn · to take care · 14 strokes

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家 jiā · home · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 管家.

回家huí jiāto return home
国家guójiācountry; nation; state
家里jiā lihome
家人jiārénfamily member; (old) servant
在家zàijiāto be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiātíngfamily; household
作家zuòjiāauthor
科学家kēxuéjiāscientist
家长jiāzhǎnghead of a household; family head
全家quánjiāwhole family
画家huàjiāpainter

Questions about 管家

What does 管家 mean?

管家 (guǎnjiā) means "(old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 管家?

管家 is made of 2 characters: 管 (14 strokes), 家 (10 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 管家 an HSK word?

Yes. 管家 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.