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
董事会
dǒngshìhuì
board of directors
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
Example phrases
- 在董事会批准之前，任何资本支出都只能停留在预算草案里。 Zài dǒngshìhuì pīzhǔn zhīqián, rènhé zīběn zhīchū dōu zhǐ néng tíngliú zài yùsuàn cǎo'àn lǐ. Before the board of directors approves it, any capital expenditure can only remain in the draft budget.
- 董事会每个季度开一次会。 Dǒngshìhuì měi gè jìdù kāi yí cì huì. The board of directors meets once every quarter.
- 新总经理由董事会投票选出。 Xīn zǒngjīnglǐ yóu dǒngshìhuì tóupiào xuǎnchū. The new general manager was chosen by a vote of the board.
Related words
- 董事 dǒngshì director; board member
- 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