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
董事长
dǒngshìzhǎng
chairman of the board; board chair
Characters in this word
事 shì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 亅 — hook
长 cháng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 长 — long, lasting
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 董事长在年会上强调，利润增长不能以牺牲安全为代价。 Dǒngshìzhǎng zài niánhuì shàng qiángdiào, lìrùn zēngzhǎng bù néng yǐ xīshēng ānquán wéi dàijià. At the annual meeting, the chairman emphasised that profit growth must not come at the cost of safety.
- 董事长亲自参观了新建的工厂。 Dǒngshìzhǎng qīnzì cānguān le xīnjiàn de gōngchǎng. The chairman personally visited the newly built factory.
- 她从普通职员一步步做到了董事长。 Tā cóng pǔtōng zhíyuán yí bù bù zuòdào le dǒngshìzhǎng. She worked her way up step by step from ordinary employee to chairwoman.
Related words
- 董事 dǒngshì director; board member
- 董事会 dǒngshìhuì board of directors
- 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