經理

See also: 経理 and 经理

Chinese

		classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture	to manage; to heed; to put in order to manage; to heed; to put in order; reason; logic; science; inner principle or structure
trad. (經理)		經	理
simp. (经理)		经	理

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnglǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ging¹ lei⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gen¹ lei^4*

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-lî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): keng-lí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ li²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinglǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-li³
    • Yale: jīng-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinglii
    • Palladius: цзинли (czinli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: gīng léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gen¹ lei^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ken³³ lei²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-lî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gin´ li´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ li¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng-lí
    • Tâi-lô: king-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kenglie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêng¹ li²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: keng lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keŋ³³⁻²³ li⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹cin-li
    • MiniDict: cin^平 li
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

經理

1. manager; handler; director

   市場經理／市场经理  ―  shìchǎng jīnglǐ  ―  marketing manager

   基金經理／基金经理  ―  jījīn jīnglǐ  ―  fund manager

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 經理 (“manager”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		經理
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	經理
Cantonese	Guangzhou	經理
	Hong Kong	經理, 阿ger
	Taishan	經理
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	經理
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	經理
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	經理
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	經理
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	經理
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	經理
Southern Min	Xiamen	經理
Wu	Shanghai	經理, 阿大, 阿大先生, 當手
	Suzhou	經理, 大先生

Derived terms

• 總經理／总经理 (zǒngjīnglǐ)
• 項目經理／项目经理 (xiàngmù jīnglǐ)

 

Verb

經理

1. to manage; to handle; to direct

Derived terms

• 經理人／经理人 (jīnglǐrén)

 

References

• “Entry #9862”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.