管理费 (guǎn lǐ fèi) — administrative fee, management fee

Definition

noun
administrative feemanagement fee
Measure word · 笔

Examples

  • 管理费。
    Gōng sī měi yuè dōu yào shōu guǎn lǐ fèi.
    The company has to collect the management fee every month.
  • 管理费，。
    Zhè ge xiǎo qū de guǎn lǐ fèi hěn gāo, dàn fú wù hěn hǎo.
    The management fee for this neighborhood is high, but the service is good.
  • 管理费。
    Yè zhǔ men duì guǎn lǐ fèi de tiáo zhěng bù mǎn yì.
    The property owners are not satisfied with the adjustment of the management fee.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

管理management
管guǎnmanage理lǐarrange
联合Side by side
费fèifee

'管理' means management and '费' means fee, so together they denote a fee for administrative work.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
官
官guān管guǎn
Same sound today

管 has 竹 (bamboo) on top to show it relates to bamboo, and 官 gives its sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
玉玉yùjade
Sound part声符shēngfú
里
里lǐ理lǐ
Same sound today

理 pairs 玉 (jade) with 里, which shows how to say it; the jade part points to the old sense of polishing jade.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

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