督 (dū): (bound form) to supervise
督 (dū) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to supervise.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 叔 (phonetic) and 目 (semantic). It ranks #946 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 督 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- (bound form) to supervise
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 督
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基督 | jī dū | Christ (abbr. for 基利斯督[Ji1 li4 si1 du1] or 基利士督[Ji1 li4 shi4 du1]) |
| 督察 | dū chá | to supervise |
| 基督徒 | jī dū tú | Christian |
| 基督教 | jī dū jiào | Christianity |
| 总督 | zǒng dū | governor-general |
| 基督教徒 | jī dū jiào tú | a Christian |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task |
| 督导 | dū dǎo | to direct |
| 督学 | dū xué | school inspector |
| 督军 | dū jūn | provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |
| 国务院国有资产监督管理委员会 | guó wù yuàn guó yǒu zī chǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì | State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council |
| 国有资产监督管理委员会 | guó yǒu zī chǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì | State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), an entity that oversees state-owned assets at a... |
| 中国银行业监督管理委员会 | zhōng guó yín háng yè jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì | China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) |
| 中国保险监督管理委员会 | zhōng guó bǎo xiǎn jiān dū guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì | China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) |
| 督进去 | dū jìn qù | (slang) (Tw) to stick "it" in |
督 appears in 49 compound words: 31 as the first character, 29 as the last, and 41 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 督 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这个督字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě dū zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "督" carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
青学大原监督“女子駅伝”构想明言
qīng xué dà yuán jiān dū nǚ zǐ 駅 伝 gòu xiǎng míng yán
Seigaku Ohara director "Women's Ekiden" concept is clearly stated
狼医频传...民团批主管机关监督失灵 吁分级惩戒
láng yī pín chuán . . . mín tuán pī zhǔ guǎn jī guān jiān dū shī líng xū fēn jí chéng jiè
Wolf doctors are frequent... The militia criticized the competent authority for failing to supervise and called for graded punishment
经典赛》盼张峻玮成为软银鹰主力 小久保监督注意到陈杰宪
jīng diǎn sài pàn zhāng jùn 玮 chéng wéi ruǎn yín yīng zhǔ lì xiǎo jiǔ bǎo jiān dū zhù yì dào chén jié xiàn
Classic" hopes that Zhang Junwei will become the main force of the SoftBank Eagles Supervisor Kokubo noticed Chen Jiexian
...典赛》不怕台式应援的软银明强碰台湾队 监督有个希望
. . . diǎn sài bù pà tái shì yīng yuán de ruǎn yín míng qiáng pèng tái wān duì jiān dū yǒu gè xī wàng
... "Classic Competition" SoftBank Mingqiang, who is not afraid of Taiwan support, touches the Taiwan team and has a hope
江川氏 巨人监督候补に浮上?
jiāng chuān shì jù rén jiān dū hòu bǔ fú shàng ?
Mr. Egawa emerged as a candidate for Giants supervision?
我们这里以耶稣基督和查理斯国王之名。
Wǒmen zhèlǐ yǐ Yēsū Jīdū hé chá lǐ sī guówáng zhī míng.
We are here in the name of Jesus Christ and King Charles.
基督徒认为耶稣是上帝的儿子。
Jīdūtú rènwéi Yēsū shì Shàngdì de érzi.
In Christianity, Jesus is believed to be the son of God.
汤姆名义上是基督徒。他从来不去做礼拜。
Tāngmǔ míngyìshàng shì Jīdūtú. tā cóngláibù qù zuòlǐbài.
Tom is a Christian in name only. He never goes to church.
汤姆是税务督察。
Tāngmǔ shì shuìwù dūchá.
Tom is a tax inspector.
Character Family
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