董 (dung2 | dong3) : director; supervise

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董

dung2

dong3

[1] [n] director; trustee; board member
[2] [v] supervise; direct; oversee
[3] [n] a Chinese family name

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

董

This word has been viewed 4325 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Jan 2011 09:40

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校董 haau6 dung2 xiao4 dong3 = school trustee

董事 dung2 si6*2 dong3 shi4 = board member; director (of a company); trustee

董事長 dung2 si6 zoeng2 dong3 shi4 zhang3 = chairman (of the board)

古董 gu2 dung2 gu3 dong3 = antique

古董舖 gu2 dung2 pou3 = antique shop 粵

董建華 dung2 gin3 waa4 dong3 jian4 hua2 = Tung Chee Hwa (1st chief executive of HK after the handover)

董潔 dung2 git3 dong3 jie2 = Dong Jie

骨董飯 gwat1 dung2 faan6 = bibimbap (Korean-style mixed rice)

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通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 董
Unicode code for this character: U+8463 (off-site link)

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