董 dung² {dǒng}

1. to supervise
2. to direct
3. director

董 dung² {Dǒng}

surname Dong

董事 dung² si⁶ {dǒng shì}

(noun) the director of a company

董卓 dung² coek³ {Dǒng Zhuó}

Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布

董奉 dung² fung⁶ {Dǒng Fèng}

Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead

董雞〔-鸡〕 dung² gai¹ {dǒng jī}

(Chinese bird species) watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

董事 dung² si⁶ {dǒng shì}

board member

董必武 dung² bit¹ mou⁵ {Dǒng Bì wǔ}

Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party

董建華〔--华〕 dung² gin³ waa⁴ {Dǒng Jiàn huá}

Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005

董陽孜〔-阳-〕 dung² joeng⁴ zi¹ {Dǒng Yáng zī}

Grace Tong (Tong Yangtze) (1942-), Taiwanese calligrapher

董事會〔--会〕 dung² si⁶ wui² {dǒng shì huì}

board of directors

董事長〔--长〕 dung² si⁶ zoeng² {dǒng shì zhǎng}

1. chairman of the board
2. chairman

董仲舒 dung² zung⁶ syu¹ {Dǒng Zhòng shū}

Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty