Chinese symbol for “butler”
管家
guǎn jiā
(old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household
The closest CC-CEDICT match for butler is 管家 (guǎn jiā), defined as: (old) butler; steward; manager; administrator; housekeeper; to manage a household.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “butler”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 男管家 | nán guǎn jiā | butler; majordomo |
| 总管 (總管) | zǒng guǎn | to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility); person in charge; manager |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 管家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | not to be concerned; regardless of |
| 主管 | zhǔ guǎn | in charge; responsible for |
| 监管 (監管) | jiān guǎn | to oversee; to take charge of |
| 管制 | guǎn zhì | to control; to restrict |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
See also: Japanese symbol for “butler”.
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.