督 (duk1 | du1) : to supervise; marshal; viceroy; governor

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督

duk1

du1

[1] [v] oversee; superintend; supervise [2] [v] reprove; censure [3] [n] marshal; general [4] [n] viceroy or governor-general [5] [粵] [v] same as '篤' — to poke; to prod; to stab | Varyingly written as 篤, 督, 𢽴 or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

督

This word has been viewed 6521 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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基督 gei1 duk1 ji1 du1 = Christ

基督教 gei1 duk1 gaau3 ji1 du1 jiao4 = Christianity; Protestantism

總督 zung2 duk1 zong3 du1 = governor general (usu. of overseas territory)

監督 gaam1 duk1 jian1 du1 = to supervise; to control; to inspect; oversee; monitor

督促 duk1 cuk1 du1 cu4 = to urge sb. to complete a task; to supervise and urge

督察 duk1 caat3 du1 cha2 = police inspector; [美] police superintendent — chief of police

衞生督察 wai6 sang1 duk1 caat3 wei4 sheng1 du1 cha2 = health inspector

保障監督 bou2 zoeng3 gaam1 duk1 bao3 zhang4 jian1 du1 = safeguards

督察小組 duk1 caat3 siu2 zou2 du1 cha2 xiao3 zu3 = supervisory group

基督教徒 gei1 duk1 gaau3 tou4 ji1 du1 jiao4 tu2 = Christian
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Decimal representation of this word: 督
Unicode code for this character: U+7763 (off-site link)

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