管子

管子 guǎnzi

Tube; pipe; drinking straw†

管子 in a sentence HSK 5 guanzi

What 管子 means

  1. Tube†
  2. pipe†
  3. drinking straw†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 管子, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Character by character

管子 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

管
guǎn
Tube (manage)
子
zǐ
Son (child - person - midnight)

How to write 管子

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管子 in a sentence

水从管子里流出来。
Shuǐ cóng guǎnzi lǐ liú chūlái.
Water flows out of the pipe.
这根管子坏了。
Zhè gēn guǎnzi huài le.
This pipe is broken.

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Questions about 管子

What does 管子 mean in English?

管子 is pronounced guǎnzi and means Tube, pipe, drinking straw †.

How do you pronounce 管子?

管子 is guǎnzi in pinyin — written guanzi without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 管子?

管子 is written with 2 characters: 管 (guǎn) Tube (manage), 子 (zǐ) Son (child - person - midnight). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

Is 管子 an HSK word?

Yes — 管子 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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