董 dǒng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 重 heavy, weighty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
董事
dǒngshì
director; board member
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 那位董事反对盲目扩张，主张先把现金流稳定下来。 Nà wèi dǒngshì fǎnduì mángmù kuòzhāng, zhǔzhāng xiān bǎ xiànjīnliú wěndìng xiàlai. That director opposed blind expansion and argued that cash flow should first be stabilised.
- 公司新聘了两位独立董事。 Gōngsī xīn pìn le liǎng wèi dúlì dǒngshì. The company has hired two new independent directors.
- 几位董事一致同意了这项投资计划。 Jǐ wèi dǒngshì yízhì tóngyì le zhè xiàng tóuzī jìhuà. Several directors unanimously approved this investment plan.
Related words
- 董事会 dǒngshìhuì board of directors
- 董事长 dǒngshìzhǎng chairman of the board; board chair
- 古董 gǔdǒng antique
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 事 shì matter, thing; work
- 故事 gùshi story
- 好事 hǎoshì good deed; good thing
- 事情 shìqing matter; thing
- 同事 tóngshì coworker
- 本事 běnshi ability; skill
- 从事 cóngshì to work in; to be engaged in
- 事故 shìgù accident