房管员 (fáng guǎn yuán) — housing administrator, property manager (in a residential building or compound)

Definition

Short for 房屋管理员: the on-site staff at a residential compound (小区) who manages shared spaces, maintenance, and resident issues. Think of them as the building/estate manager you go to for repairs, not a landlord (房东).

noun
housing administratorproperty manager (in a residential building or compound)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 房管员。
    Xiǎo qū de fáng guǎn yuán měi zhōu dōu huì lái jiǎn chá gōng gòng qū yù.
    The housing administrator in the neighborhood comes to check the common areas every week.
  • ，房管员。
    Rú guǒ nǐ jiā de shuǐ guǎn huài le, kě yǐ zhǎo fáng guǎn yuán bāng máng.
    If the water pipe in your home is broken, you can ask the housing administrator for help.
  • 房管员。
    Zhè wèi fáng guǎn yuán yǐ jīng zài zhè ge xiǎo qū gōng zuò le shí nián.
    This housing administrator has worked in this neighborhood for ten years.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

房管housing management
房fánghouse管guǎnmanagement
偏正Modifier + head
员yuánperson

房 housing and 管 managing describe the work, while 员 points to the person who does it.

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
戶戶hùdoor
Sound part声符shēngfú
方
方fāng房fáng
Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

Open 房 →

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.

Open 管 →

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 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →

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