Dǒng
noun #21,776

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Dong
  2. 2 to supervise
  3. 3 to direct
  4. 4 director

Examples

Dǒng shì Zhōngguó chángjiàn de xìngshì zhī yī.
Dong is one of China's common surnames.
Tā dānrèn gōngsī dǒngshì huì de dǒngshìzhǎng.
He serves as the chairman of the company's board of directors.

Tips

culture
as a surname has two famous historical bearers: (Dǒng Zhōngshū, 179–104 BC), the Han Confucian scholar who elevated Confucianism to state orthodoxy; and (Dǒng Zhuó, died 192 AD), the notorious warlord of the late Han.

In Pop Culture

Dǒng Zhōngshū
Dong Zhongshu
Han dynasty Confucian scholar (179–104 BC) who proposed making Confucianism the state ideology under Emperor Wu of Han — shaping Chinese culture for 2,000 years.

Stroke Order

Dǒng