Chinese symbol for “supervise”
管理
guǎn lǐ
to supervise; to manage; to administer; management
The closest CC-CEDICT match for supervise is 管理 (guǎn lǐ), defined as: to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “supervise”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监督 (監督) | jiān dū | to supervise; to oversee; to inspect |
| 监 (監) | jiān | to supervise; to inspect |
| 监察 (監察) | jiān chá | to supervise; to control |
| 督察 | dū chá | to supervise; to superintend |
| 督 | dū | (bound form) to supervise |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 管理.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
See also: Japanese symbol for “supervise”.
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.