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Dǒng

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Dǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dǒng | Dong3
English translation
surname Dong
to supervise
to direct
director
to direct, to supervise; surname

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About Dǒng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Dǒng

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of Dǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹重

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

chóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and chóng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using Dǒng

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董明霞 de 母亲 mǔqīn 付绍花 Xiàng 记者 jìzhě 讲述 jiǎng shù le 事件 shìjiàn 经过 jīngguò .

FU Shao - Hua Dong Mingxia's mother told reporters about the incident.

99 shí duō , 董明霞 zài 接受 jiēshòu 清宫手术 shǒushù Zhōng 突发 tū fā 大出血.

At 9:00 on 9 th , Qing Dong Mingxia in sudden bleeding in surgery.

zài 等待 děngdài 血液 xuè yè de 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , 董明霞 de 生命 shēngmìng 越来越 yuè lái yuè 微弱 wēi ruò .

Waiting for blood, Mingxia the lives of more and more weak.

我们 wǒmen zài 镇上 jiā 古色古香 gǔ sè gǔ xiāng de 古董 gǔdǒng diàn guàng le 一下 yīxià .

We stopped at a quaint little antique shop in the town.

董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng 杨东堂先生 Xiānsheng 诚挚 chéngzhì 欢迎 huānyíng 各界人士 gè jiè rén shì 莅临 lì lín dǎo .

Yang Dongtang, President , will give public figures a warm welcome.

Words with Dǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
董事会 dǒng shì huì board of directors董事會
古董 gǔdǒng curio古董 gǔdǒng
董事 dǒng shì board member董事 dǒng shì
董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng chairman董事長
Dǒng to direct Dǒng
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 Lǚ Bù 董卓 Dǒng Zhuó
董建华 Dǒng Jiàn huá Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005董建華
董必武 Dǒng Bì wǔ Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party董必武 Dǒng Bì wǔ
董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū
董阳孜 Dǒng Yáng zī Grace Tong (Tong Yangtze) (1942-), Taiwanese calligrapher董陽孜

Dǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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Dǒng Decomposition

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Dǒng Compounds

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