Usage of the character 董

surname Dong

dǒng

董

[董]

to supervise
to direct
director

dǒngshì

董事

[董事]

board member

gǔdǒng

骨董

[骨董]

variant of 古董 (gǔdǒng)

gǔdǒng

古董

[古董]

curio
antique

dǒngjī

董鸡

[董雞]

(bird species of China) watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Dǒng Zhuó

董卓

[董卓]

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／吕布

Dǒng Fèng

董奉

[董奉]

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

dǒngzuò

董座

[董座]

(Tw) chairman (of a board of directors)

dǒngshìzhǎng

董事长

[董事長]

chairman of the board of directors

Dǒng Jiànhuá

董建华

[董建華]

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

Dǒng Zhòngshū

董仲舒

[董仲舒]

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

Dǒng Bìwǔ

董必武

[董必武]

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

Dǒng Yángzī

董阳孜

[董陽孜]

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

Gǔdǒngtān

古董滩

[古董灘]

Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關／阳关 ( Yángguān), named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries

dǒngshìhuì

董事会

[董事會]

board of directors

bùzhī Dīng Dǒng

不知丁董

[不知丁董]

forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
unheeding the lessons of the past

liánxídǒngshì

联席董事

[聯席董事]

associate director