督
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dū · to supervise, to oversee, to direct

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13Total strokes

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Top-bottomCharacter structure

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目Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 督

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Example sentences

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Tāng mǔ shì shuì wù dū chá.湯姆是稅務督察。

Tom is a tax inspector.

Source: Tatoeba #5640712 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì jī dū tú, dàn wǒ bù chī zhū ròu.我是基督徒,但我不吃豬肉。

I'm a Christian, but I don't eat pork.

Source: Tatoeba #8674290 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā men shì jī dū tú zhe.他们是基督徒着。

They are Christians.

Source: Tatoeba #8865647 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì jī dū jiào tú, ér tā zé shì fó jiào tú.我是基督教徒,而他則是佛教徒。

I am Christian, but he is Buddhist.

Source: Tatoeba #6467642 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yí gè rén bú qù jiào táng yě néng suàn shì jī dū tú má?一個人不去教堂也能算是基督徒嗎?

Can a person be Christian without going to church?

Source: Tatoeba #13867398 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jī dū jiào shì yà bó lā hǎn zhū jiào zhōng de yí gè.基督教是亚伯拉罕诸教中的一个。

Christianity is an Abrahamic religion.

Source: Tatoeba #8739489 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 督 in context

  1. Say dū, then recall the core meaning: to supervise, to oversee, to direct.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the top-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 监督 (jiān dū), meaning “to control”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 督 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.