管
Meaning
- to take care (of)
- to control
- to manage
Example sentence
不要管我。
Don't mind me.
The character 管
管 is 竹, bamboo, over 官: a pipe. From the pipe comes controlling what runs through it — 管理 to manage, 管孩子 to keep a child in order, 不管 regardless — and 吸管 is a drinking straw.