同
tóng
HSK level: HSK 5
Meaning
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
Other reading: tòng
used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]; used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
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Examples
我同他们没有过共同之处。
wǒ tóng tā men méi yǒu guò gòng tóng zhī chù。
I had nothing in common with them.
眼下我不得不和我朋友同住这间房间。
yǎn xià wǒ bù dé bù hé wǒ péng you tóng zhù zhè jiān fáng jiān。
For the time being, I must share this room with my friend.
汤姆不知如何翻译“计算机”一词，因为同他谈话的人从未见过一台。
Tāng mǔ bù zhī rú hé fān yì “ jì suàn jī ” yī cí， yīn wèi tóng tā tán huà de rén cóng wèi jiànguò yī tái。
Tom didn't know how to translate the word "computer" because the people he was talking to had never seen one.
Words with this character
不同 bù tóng different同时 tóng shí at the same time同样 tóng yàng same同意 tóng yì to agree同志 tóng zhì comrade共同 gòng tóng common合同 hé tong contract同学 tóng xué to study at the same school相同 xiāng tóng identical同事 tóng shì colleague如同 rú tóng like同一 tóng yī identical同情 tóng qíng to sympathize with与此同时 yǔ cǐ tóng shí at the same time一同 yī tóng together认同 rèn tóng to approve of赞同 zàn tóng to approve of同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents同伴 tóng bàn companion同步 tóng bù synchronous同行 tóng háng person of the same profession与众不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng to stand out from the crowd同类 tóng lèi similar