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): ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ging¹ lei⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gen¹ lei^4*
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn-lî
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging¹ li³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): keng-lí

(Teochew, Peng'im): gêng¹ li²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹cin-li₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnglǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥㄌㄧˇ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn-lî
  - Hakka Romanization System: gin^ˊ li^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gin¹ li¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kin²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ li³ [Phonetic: ging⁵ li³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ging-lî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ li⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ging¹ li³ [Phonetic: ging⁵ li³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ li³³²/
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-li₆
  - MiniDict: cin^平 li^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹jin-li₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ li²¹/

Noun

經理

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
Wu	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

to manage; to handle; to direct

Derived terms

經理人 / 经理人 (jīnglǐrén)

References

“經理”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.