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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dū | du1
English translation
to supervise and direct
army title (archaic)
to supervise, to oversee, to direct

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

叔目

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shū represents the sound.

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zài 德国 Dé guó , Zhōng dōng 时节 shí jié 人们 rén men 尊崇 zūn chóng Fēi 基督教 Jī dū jiào Shén 奥登.

In Germany, people honored pagan god Oden during the mid - winter holiday.

很多基督徒 Jī dū tú dōu 定期 dìngqī Xiàng 牧师 mù shī 忏悔 chàn huǐ 他们 tā men de 罪行 zuì xíng 恶念.

Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.

督学 dū xué 阔步 kuò bù 高视 de zǒu jìn 校园 xiào yuán .

The superintendent swaggered into the schoolyard.

我们 wǒmen suǒ 掰开 bāi kāi de bǐng , kǎi shì 同领基督 Jī dū de 身体 shēntǐ ?

And is not the bread that we break the body of Christ?

上议院 Shàng yì yuàn 议员 yì yuán shì bèi 拣选 jiǎn xuǎn 出来 chū lái , ér bèi 总督 zǒng dū 委任 wěi rèn .

Senators are chosen by the Prime Minister and appointed by Governor General.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
监督 jiāndū to control監督
基督 Jī dū Christ基督 Jī dū
army title (archaic)
督察 dū chá to supervise督察 dū chá
基督教 Jī dū jiào Christianity基督教 Jī dū jiào
基督徒 Jī dū tú Christian基督徒 Jī dū tú
督促 dūcù to urge on督促 dūcù
总督 zǒng dū viceroy總督
基督教徒 Jī dū jiào tú a Christian基督教徒 Jī dū jiào tú
督导 dū dǎo to direct督導
督办 dū bàn to oversee督辦
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic)都督 dū dū
中国证券监督管理委员会 Zhōng guó Zhèng quàn Jiān dū Guǎn lǐ Wěi yuán huì China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC)中國證券監督管理委員會
提督 tí dū the local commander提督 tí dū
督军 dū jūn provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)督軍
监督者 jiān dū zhě supervisor監督者
督学 dū xué school inspector督學
督抚 dū fǔ governor general 总督 zǒng dū and inspector general 巡抚 xún fǔ 督撫
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)中國保險監督管理委員會
监督人 jiān dū rén superintendent監督人
督责 dū zé to supervise督責

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