Chinese word

治理

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhì lǐ

Meaning

  • verbmanage

Example

这个项目由他来治理。zhè ge xiàng mù yóu tā lái zhì lǐ

He manages this project.

Illustration for 治理 (manage)

More examples

政府需要加强对城市治理，改善市民生活质量。zhèng fǔ xū yào jiā qiáng duì chéng shì zhì lǐ gǎi shàn shì mín shēng huó zhì liàng

The government needs to strengthen urban governance to improve citizens' quality of life.

Core concept

Using organized control to make affairs function properly and improve their condition.

Common phrases

  • 生态治理shēng tài zhì lǐ

    ecological governance

  • 环境治理huán jìng zhì lǐ

    environmental governance

  • 污染治理wū rǎn zhì lǐ

    pollution management

  • 城市治理chéng shì zhì lǐ

    urban governance

Similar words

管理guán lǐ: Managing things or systems to maintain order and keep their operations running properly.
处理chú lǐ: Sorting out a dispute, problem, or task and dealing with it in a suitable way.
领导líng dǎo: Guiding a group by choosing its direction and deciding how its activities should proceed.
监督jiān dū: Checking people or work to ensure that tasks are done properly and without problems.

Definition in Chinese

通过制定规则、采取措施对事务或问题进行安排和调控，使其按秩序运行或得到改善tōng guò zhì dìng guī zé cái qǔ cuò shī duì shì wù huò wèn tí jìn xíng ān pái hé tiáo kòng shǐ qí àn zhì xù yùn xíng huò dé dào gǎi shàn

Word origin

治理 (zhìlǐ, "rule") joins 治 (zhì, "settle or control") + 理 (lǐ, "principle or order"), expressing control guided by an orderly system.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the word often appears in compounds for public or shared systems, such as city, environmental, and internet governance, rather than for personal belongings.

Other meanings

  • governverb
  • ruleverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 治理能力zhì lǐ néng lìmanagement capacitynoun
  • 社会治理shè huì zhì lǐsocial managementnoun
  • 治理体系zhì lǐ tǐ xìgovernance systemnoun

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