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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “administrator”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官员 (官員) | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government); administrator |
| 管理员 (管理員) | guǎn lǐ yuán | manager; administrator |
| 管家 | guǎn jiā | (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper |
| 行政员 (行政員) | xíng zhèng yuán | administrator |
| 管理人 | guǎn lǐ rén | supervisor; manager; administrator |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 干事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; 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.