董事 (dǒng shì) — board member, director (of a board of directors)
Definition
A member of a company's board of directors. Unlike 经理 (day-to-day manager) or 主任 (head of an office/department), 董事 governs a company at the board level — collectively with other board members, not in daily operations.
noun
board memberdirector (of a board of directors)
Measure word · 位
Examples
- 董事。Tā dāng xuǎn wèi gōng sī de dǒng shì.He was elected as a director of the company.
- 董事。Gōng sī xū yào zēng jiā liǎng míng dú lì dǒng shì.The company needs to add two independent directors.
- 董事。Suǒ yǒu dǒng shì dōu tóng yì zhè ge jì huà.All the directors agreed to this plan.
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