| 董 | dǒng | to supervise; to direct; director; surname Dong |
| 董仲舒 | Dǒng Zhòng shū | Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty |
| 古董 | gǔ dǒng | curio; antique |
| 董卓 | Dǒng Zhuó | Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 吕布 |
| 董事会 | dǒng shì huì | board of directors |
| 董必武 | Dǒng Bì wǔ | Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party |
| 董事 | dǒng shì | board member |
| 不知丁董 | bù zhī Dīng Dǒng | forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom); unheeding the lessons of the past |
| 古董滩 | Gǔ dǒng tān | Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 阳关, named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries |
| 联席董事 | lián xí dǒng shì | associate director |
| 董事长 | dǒng shì zhǎng | chairman of the board; chairman |
| 董奉 | Dǒng Fèng | Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead |
| 董建华 | Dǒng Jiàn huá | Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005 |
| 董阳孜 | Dǒng Yáng zī | Grace Tong (Tong Yangtze) (1942-), Taiwanese calligrapher |
| 骨董 | gǔ dǒng | antique; curio |
