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Chinese symbol for “administrator”

干事
gàn shi
Traditional: 幹事
administrator; executive secretary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for administrator is 干事 (gàn shi), defined as: administrator; executive secretary.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

干 gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes
事 shi
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “administrator”

WordPinyinMeaning
官员 (官員)guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator
管理员 (管理員)guǎn lǐ yuánmanager; administrator
管家guǎn jiā(old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper
行政员 (行政員)xíng zhèng yuánadministrator
管理人guǎn lǐ rénsupervisor; manager; administrator

Related words

Other words that share a character with 干事.

WordPinyinMeaning
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat
干嘛 (幹嘛)gàn máwhat are you doing?; whatever for?
若干ruò gāna certain number or amount; how many?
干扰 (干擾)gān rǎoto disturb; to interfere
干涉gān shèto interfere; to meddle
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “administrator”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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