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督

dū

HSK 6 Character

What 督 means

1. bound formto supervise

Example sentences

• 耶稣基督！
  Yēsū Jīdū!
  Jesus Christ!
• 我信仰耶稣基督。
  Wǒ xìnyǎng Yēsū Jīdū.
  I believe in Jesus Christ.
• 汤姆是税务督察。
  Tāngmǔ shì shuìwù dūchá.
  Tom is a tax inspector.
• 他们是基督徒着。
  They are Christians.
• 耶稣是基督徒的神。
  Yēsū shì Jīdūtú de shén.
  Jesus is God in Christianity.
• 我是基督徒，但我不吃猪肉。
  Wǒ shì Jīdūtú, dàn wǒ bù chī zhūròu.
  I'm a Christian, but I don't eat pork.

Words starting with 督

• 督促dū cùto supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on
• 督导dū dǎoto direct; to oversee
• 督办dū bànto oversee; to supervise; superintendent
• 督察dū cháto supervise; to superintend; inspector
• 督学dū xuéschool inspector
• 督工dū gōngto oversee workers; overseer; foreman
• 督建dū jiànto supervise and construct; constructed under the supervision of
• 督战dū zhànto oversee combat operations
• 督标dū biāoarmy regiment at the disposal of province governor-general
• 督责dū zéto supervise; to reprimand
• 督军dū jūnprovincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
• 督进去dū jìn qù(slang; Taiwan) to stick "it" in; to thrust inside
• 督察大队dū chá dà duìcensorship brigade (PRC)
• 督抚dū fǔgovernor general 总督
• 督龟dū guī(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])

Words containing 督

• 监督jiān dūto supervise; to oversee; to inspect
• 基督教Jī dū jiàoChristianity
• 基督Jī dūChrist (abbr. for 基利斯督
• 基督徒Jī dū túChristian
• 总督zǒng dūgovernor-general; viceroy; governor
• 都督dū dū(army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator…
• 基督教徒Jī dū jiào túa Christian
• 提督tí dūthe local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times)
• 反基督fǎn Jī dūthe anti-Christ
• 基督城Jī dū chéngChristchurch (New Zealand city)
• 监督人jiān dū rénsuperintendent
• 监督者jiān dū zhěsupervisor
• 互相监督hù xiāng jiān dūmutual supervision
• 两广总督liǎng guǎng zǒng dūGovernor of Guangdong and Guangxi
• 基督教派Jī dū jiào pàiChristian denomination
• 基督新教Jī dū Xīn jiàoProtestantism
• 基督圣体节Jī dū Shèng tǐ jiéCorpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
• 基督教科学派Jī dū jiào Kē xué pàiChristian Science
• 保障监督bǎo zhàng jiān dūsafeguards
• 港督gǎng dūgovernor of Hong Kong (during the period of British rule, 1841-1997)
• 撒督Sā dūZadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
• 耶稣基督Yē sū Jī dūJesus Christ
• 朝鲜总督府Cháo xiǎn zǒng dū fǔJapanese colonial administration of Korea 1910-1945
• 敌基督Dí jī dūAntichrist

Characters built on 叔

These share the phonetic component 叔 (shū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 淑shū(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)…
• 菽shūlegumes (peas and beans)

Characters that look like 督

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 登dēngto scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom
• 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of; to replace
• 誉yùto praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 暨jì(literary) and; as well as; (literary) up to; as far as (as in 暨今
• 赘zhuì(bound form) superfluous; (bound form) (of a man) to move into the household of one's…

Sounds the same

Read dū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 嘟(onomatopoeia) toot; honk; beep (sound of a horn etc); (colloquial) to pout
• 都capital city; metropolis
• 阇defensive platform over gate; barbican
• 厾to tap lightly