总管 (zǒng guǎn) — butler, steward, or manager (in a household or organization); main pipe or conduit (in plumbing or engineering); (historical) garrison commander or military governor
Definition
Has three distinct senses: a household butler/steward, a main pipe in plumbing, and a historical military governor. The meaning depends on context — same word, completely unrelated uses.
noun
butlerstewardor manager (in a household or organization)main pipe or conduit (in plumbing or engineering)(historical) garrison commander or military governor
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 总管。Jiǔ diàn zǒng guǎn bāng wǒ men bān xíng li.The hotel butler helped us with our luggage.
- 总管。Zhè zuò dà lóu de zǒng guǎn lòu shuǐ le.The main pipe of this building is leaking.
- ，总管。Zài qīng cháo, zǒng guǎn shì yí gè zhòng yào de jūn shì zhí wèi.During the Qing dynasty, the garrison commander was an important military position.
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