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不同

bù tóng

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

不同 (bù tóng) means "different". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不同 means

1. different
2. distinct
3. not the same
4. not alike

The characters in 不同

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 同tónglike; same; similar

Example sentences

• 我不同意。
  I don't think I agree.

Words starting with 不同

• 不同寻常bù tóng xún chángout of the ordinary; unusual
• 不同凡响bù tóng fán xiǎnglit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run

Words containing 不同

• 与众不同yǔ zhòng bù tóng(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
• 截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white
• 有所不同yǒu suǒ bù tóngto differ to some extent (idiom)
• 迥然不同jiǒng rán bù tóngwidely different; utterly different
• 持不同政见chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn(politically) dissenting; dissident
• 持不同政见者chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě(political) dissident

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