🇬🇧🇨🇳 housekeeper - 管家 : English Lesson

Meaning of "housekeeper" ("管家"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A housekeeper is someone who helps keep a home, hotel, or other place clean and organized. They sweep, mop, dust, do laundry, and sometimes even cook. A housekeeper makes sure everything stays tidy and in order.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I tried to help the housekeeper, but apparently, throwing everything under the bed is not cleaning.

Our housekeeper is the only reason we can see the floor in our house.

My mom thinks I don’t need a housekeeper—I just need to stop being a disaster.

I thought about becoming a housekeeper, but then I remembered I don’t even clean my own room.

The housekeeper at the hotel made my bed so perfect that I didn’t want to ruin it… but I did.

The housekeeper arrived at dawn, keys in hand. The housekeeper turned on lights, swept the kitchen, and folded warm towels. The housekeeper polished the silver frame and watered the small plant. The housekeeper straightened the child's toy and made tea for the sleeping father. The housekeeper paused, smiled, and left quietly.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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