管

to care about; to concern oneself with, manage; be in charge of, to control, look after, call someone something

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verb Common #5,093
to care about; to concern oneself with Often used in negative phrases like 不用管: “don’t worry about” or “don’t concern yourself with.”
CH: 你不用管我,你走吧。
EN: You don’t need to worry about me; go.

管她是谁

Who cares who she is?

— 落水狗 (1992)

先甭管,先把他拉过去

Forget about that for now—get him over there first.

— 活着 (1994)

不再管能不能得到我要的信息

I no longer care whether I can get the information I want.

— 落水狗 (1992)

你甭管了

Don't worry about it.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

其实你不用管我的

Actually, you don't need to worry about me.

— 白蛇:缘起 (2019)

不想再管谁杀了那女孩

I don't care anymore who killed that girl.

— 神秘河 (2003)

那你你跟英子说了没啊那你就不用管了

Then did you tell Yingzi? You don't have to worry about it anymore.

— Hi, Mom (2021)

还管那破房子干什么!

Why bother with that dump!

— 七武士 (1954)

那你车…不用管车了

Then your car... never mind the car.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

你不用管

You don't need to worry about it.

— 妈咪 (2014)

我是真不爱管这事

I really don't like getting involved in this.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

是没有要管啊

I wasn't going to do anything about it.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

我们没空管那个

We don't have time to deal with that.

— 月升王国 (2012)

谁会管这个

Who would care about this?

— 莫斯科不相信眼泪 (1980)

谁还管这些

Who cares about any of this?

— 流浪地球 (2019)

管她做什么?

Why bother with her?

— 塔巴德 (2018)

你不用管我,你走吧

You don't need to worry about me. Just go.

— 少林足球 (2001)

干嘛要管那种混蛋?

Why bother with a jerk like that?

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

我什么也不愿意管

I don't want to deal with anything.

— 卧虎藏龙 (2000)

你很少管我几点回来很少问我去哪里

You rarely care what time I get home or ask where I’m going.

— A Sun (2019)

别再管那件事了

Stop worrying about that.

— 为所应为 (1989)

我没时间管这个

I don't have time to deal with this.

— 野蛮入侵 (2003)

谁去管你叫什么?

Who cares what your name is?

— 落水狗 (1992)

『管贼么?』

Do you deal with thieves?

管她呢

Who cares about her?

— 蝙蝠 (2009)

我没管…

I didn't bother...

— 无爱可诉 (2017)

我们只管电视

We only take care of the TV.

— 野蛮入侵 (2003)

verb Uncommon #6,070
manage; be in charge of Used when someone is responsible for managing something.
CH: 这家店一直由她管。
EN: She has always been in charge of this store.

又不是归美国管对不对

It's not under U.S. jurisdiction anyway, right?

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

就他妈没别人能管这个水的事了

Is he fucking the only one who can deal with this water issue?

— 雨水危机 (2011)

这儿现在不归他管

He’s not in charge here anymore.

— 妈咪 (2014)

从前这楼是我管的。

I used to be in charge of this building.

— 死亡录像 (2007)

它是管这一带的精灵

It’s the spirit that looks after this area.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

我是管不好但我能掌管曼哈顿计划

I’m not good at managing things, but I can take charge of the Manhattan Project.

— 奥本海默 (2023)

码头费归港务长管。

The harbor master is responsible for the port fees.

周四归她管

Thursdays are her responsibility.

— 妈咪 (2014)

但德里现在归印度管啊

But Delhi is part of India now.

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

因为他们领土那么大如果不用头脑的话实在管不完

Because their territory is so vast, they simply couldn’t manage it all without using their brains.

— 杀人回忆 (2003)

我管里面

I handle everything inside.

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

我蛮会管生意的

I'm pretty good at running a business.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

归她管

She's in charge of it.

— 大鱼海棠 (2016)

奉节早就不归四川管了

Fengjie has long since stopped being under Sichuan’s jurisdiction.

— 三峡好人 (2006)

他只管抢劫的案子

He only handles robbery cases.

— 城市英雄 (1993)

管着吗

Are you in charge?

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

大家都各管各的

Everyone just minds their own business.

— 釜山行 (2016)

不再管周四了

Forget about Thursday.

— 妈咪 (2014)

我不能再管这问题了。

I can't deal with this problem anymore.

警方要是聪明就不会让奈托管修车奈托跟我一样一旦接到任务就绝不罢休

If the police were smart, they wouldn’t let Naito handle the car repair. Naito is just like me—once he takes on a job, he never gives up.

— 精英部队2:大敌当前 (2010)

verb Rare #14,630
to control To keep someone or something under control or tell them what to do.
CH: 你凭什么管我?
EN: What gives you the right to control me?

就像我小时候奶奶说的一样蛮难管的

Just like my grandma used to say when I was little, they were pretty hard to control.

— 妈咪 (2014)

你怎么连自己的童子军都管不住

How can you not even control your own Boy Scouts?

— 月升王国 (2012)

可你应该稍微管下她

But you should keep an eye on her a little.

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

还管我

None of your business.

— 乔乔的异想世界 (2019)

呃,爸爸说了,我管着你。

Uh, Dad said I’m supposed to keep an eye on you.

— 海洋之歌 (2014)

如果你们两个要在一起,我不会管

If you two want to be together, I won't interfere.

— 惊魂记 (1960)

宰相宰相的令管得了金人吗

Can the chancellor’s orders control the Jin people?

— 满江红 (2023)

我跟你说我管不了他,你想管你管

I'm telling you, I can't control him. If you want to, you deal with him.

— 一个都不能少 (1999)

你凭什么管我?

Who are you to tell me what to do?

— 一一 (2000)

verb Rare #22,229
look after As a verb, 管 means to take care of or watch over someone or something.
CH: 从小没人管我。
EN: No one looked after me when I was little.

没人管呀?

No one’s doing anything about it?

— 活着 (1994)

我们没人管了

No one is looking after us anymore.

— 放牛班的春天 (2004)

从小没人管我

No one looked after me when I was growing up.

— 大鱼海棠 (2016)

可怕的女孩没课上、没人管非常愚蠢,好女孩在哪?

The scary girl has no classes and no one to look after her—how stupid. Where is the good girl?

— 切肤之爱 (2000)

我要是再不回来就没人管我爸了

If I don't come back soon, no one will look after my dad.

— 后来的我们 (2018)

托马辛和你不要再管庄稼了

Thomasin, you and I shouldn't worry about the crops anymore.

— 女巫 (2016)

verb Rare #29,805
call someone something In 管……叫……, the name or label follows 叫.
CH: 可他们现在管我叫害怕的小兔子。
EN: But now they call me a scared little rabbit.

你就管这叫烈士

You call that a martyr?

— 风吹麦浪 (2006)

她刚刚管我叫低能也没见你维护我啊

She just called me an idiot, and I didn’t see you defend me.

— 水瓶座 (2016)

哪个老师管我叫叔叔

Which teacher calls me uncle?

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

noun Rare #29,806
tube, pipe
CH: 牙膏还在管里。
EN: The toothpaste is still in the tube.

把这个挤回管里

Squeeze this back into the tube.

— 三傻大闹宝莱坞 (2009)

我带了些摩托车管摩托车管太脆弱了

I brought some motorcycle tubes. Motorcycle tubes are too fragile.

— 瓦塞浦黑帮(上) (2012)

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