Chinese symbol for “custodian”
保管员
bǎo guǎn yuán
Traditional: 保管員
custodian; storeroom clerk
The closest CC-CEDICT match for custodian is 保管员 (bǎo guǎn yuán), defined as: custodian; storeroom clerk.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “custodian”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 保管员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保护 (保護) | bǎo hù | to protect; to defend |
| 保证 (保證) | bǎo zhèng | guarantee; to guarantee |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep; to maintain |
| 保障 | bǎo zhàng | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 确保 (確保) | què bǎo | to ensure; to guarantee |
| 保险 (保險) | bǎo xiǎn | insurance; to insure |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 尽管 (儘管) | jǐn guǎn | despite; although |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
See also: Japanese symbol for “custodian”.
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.