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to supervise

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

jian1du1 • jiāndū

Meaning


Primary

to supervise

Alternatives

supervise, supervises, supervising, supervised, to superintend, superintend

Mnemonic


監督 To supervise has the same meaning as either of its characters 監 to supervise and 督 to superintend which mean roughly the same thing.

Usage


他 的 工作 是 監督 工廠 的 生產。

His job is to supervise the factory's production.

父母 經常 監督 孩子 的 作業。

Parents often supervise their children's homework.

政府 應該 嚴格 監督 食品 的 安全。

The government should strictly supervise food safety.