督办

督辦

dūbàn

verb

Meanings

1 to oversee and handle
2 to supervise (the carrying out of)
3 (noun) superintendent (historical official title)

Characters

to handle; to do

Examples

这件事由副市长亲自督办。

Zhè jiàn shì yóu fù shìzhǎng qīnzì dūbàn.

The vice-mayor is personally overseeing this matter.

民国初期设有铁路督办一职。

Mínguó chūqī shè yǒu tiělù dūbàn yī zhí.

In the early Republican period there was a post called Railway Superintendent.

Tips

register

Bureaucratic / formal. 督 'supervise' + 办 'to handle' — to make sure something gets done by personally watching over it. Often appears in official directives: 重点督办 (priority supervision) or 挂牌督办 (publicly listed for supervision).

Stroke Order

督 dū

办 bàn