zǒng jiān

Traditional: 總監

HSK 6

总监 (zǒng jiān) is a Chinese word meaning “head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner”.

Meanings

  1. 1head
  2. 2director (of an organizational unit)
  3. 3(police) commissioner
  4. 4inspector-general
  5. 5rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 总监

总zǒng · (bound form) general; overall监jiān · to supervise

Related words

总(bound form) general; overall总是always总统president (of a country)监狱prison监视to monitor总之in a word监控to monitor总部general headquarters总算at long last夜总会nightclub; nightspot总裁chairman监禁to imprison

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