管用

• Pinyin: guǎn yòng
• Desglose de hanzi: 管 = 竹 + 官 (to oversee/handle); 用 = 用 (use, function)

Significado

Ser eficaz; funcionar; servir de verdad.

A colloquial but versatile term used across spoken and written registers. Often used to evaluate whether a method, medicine, advice, or tool actually works in practice. Frequently appears in informal questions like 这个方法管用吗 (Does this method work?) and in everyday endorsements.

Ejemplos

1. 这个止咳偏方还挺管用的，喝了两天就好多了。
2. 苦口婆心地劝说不管用，有时候需要采取更直接的措施。
3. 再先进的设备，如果员工不会用，就一点都不管用。

Guía de uso

Contexto: everyday, evaluation, advice

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 这款驱蚊液真的很管用，一晚上都没被咬。(This mosquito repellent really works — I wasn't bitten once all night.)
• 你说的那个办法管用，我试过之后问题解决了。(The method you mentioned worked — after I tried it, the problem was resolved.)

Incorrecto

• 这名员工很管用 — use 能干 or 有能力 to describe a competent person; 管用 evaluates methods, remedies, or tools, not people

Origen e historia

管 (to manage, to be responsible for) + 用 (use, effect). Literally 'handles use' — i.e., it serves its intended use/function.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal