HSK 6 · Work

监督 jiāndū “to supervise” in Chinese

Traditional 監督

What 监督 means

  1. to supervise
  2. to oversee
  3. supervision
  4. to inspect

How to say 监督

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale监jiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale督dū1st tone, high and level

监督 in a sentence

  1. 老师在考场监督考试。

    Lǎoshī zài kǎochǎng jiāndū kǎoshì.

    The teacher supervises the exam in the exam room.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 父母要监督孩子按时完成作业。

    Fùmǔ yào jiāndū háizi ànshí wánchéng zuòyè.

    Parents should make sure their children finish their homework on time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 监督 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 监 (jiān) drawn as one shape
监jiānto supervise

监 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 督 (dū) with each of its parts in a different colour
督dūto supervise
  • 叔uncle · shūSound part
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 叔 (shū) hints at the sound. Compare it with dū.

How to write 监督

监 10 strokes · 督 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

监督 (jiāndū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 监督 (jiāndū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 监督

Words with 监

监视jiānshì · to monitor监狱jiānyù · prison

Words with 督

督促dūcù · to supervise and urge

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FAQs

监督 (jiāndū) means “to supervise” or “to oversee”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiāndū: jiān with a 1st tone, then dū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 监督 is written 監督. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiandu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 监督 from the suggestions. Typing jiandu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
监督 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.