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总监

zǒng jiāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-0e320b03c0b641f3. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

總監 总监 [zong3 jian1] /head/director (of an organizational unit)/(police) commissioner/inspector-general/rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 總監

  • 总
    zǒng

    (bound form) general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zǒng jīng lǐ] or 總編|总编[zǒng biān] etc

  • 监
    jiān

    to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

    jiàn

    (bound form) supervisor / supervisory office (in imperial China)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.