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经理jīng lǐmanager

HSK 3word

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经理 (jīng lǐ) means "manager" or "director," the person in charge of a company, department, shop, or hotel. It can follow a surname as a title, as in 王经理 (Manager Wang), and its measure words include 个 and the polite 位, as in 一位经理.

What does 经理 mean?

  1. 1.

    managernoun

  2. 2.

    directornoun

What do the characters in 经理 mean?

  • 经not compositional here
  • 理to manage

How do you use 经理?

经理 can follow a surname as a polite title, like 张经理; use 位 for a polite count.

What are some examples of 经理 in a sentence?

  1. HSK 7–9

    经理现在在开会。

    Jīnglǐ xiànzài zài kāihuì.

    The manager is in a meeting right now.

  2. HSK 7–9

    我想见你们的经理。

    Wǒ xiǎng jiàn nǐmen de jīnglǐ.

    I'd like to see your manager.

  3. HSK 7–9

    我们公司来了一位新经理。

    Wǒmen gōngsī lái le yí wèi xīn jīnglǐ.

    A new manager has come to our company.

How is 经理 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你找谁？

    Nǐ zhǎo shéi?

    Who are you looking for?

  2. Speaker B:

    我找李经理，我们约了下午两点见面。

    Wǒ zhǎo Lǐ jīnglǐ, wǒmen yuē le xiàwǔ liǎng diǎn jiànmiàn.

    I'm looking for Manager Li; we arranged to meet at two this afternoon.

  3. Speaker A:

    他出去吃饭了，您先坐一下吧。

    Tā chūqù chīfàn le, nín xiān zuò yíxià ba.

    He went out to eat; please have a seat first.

  4. Speaker B:

    好的，我在这儿等他。

    Hǎo de, wǒ zài zhèr děng tā.

    OK, I'll wait for him here.

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.