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同胞

tóng bāo

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

同胞 (tóng bāo) means "born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 同胞 means

1. born of the same parents
2. sibling
3. fellow citizen
4. compatriot

The characters in 同胞

• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents

Example sentences

• 我们是同胞。
  Wǒmen shì tóngbāo.
  We're fellow countrymen.
• 他不愿意为同胞作证。
  Tā bù yuànyì wèi tóngbāo zuòzhèng.
  He is not willing to testify for his compatriot.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃参议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃参议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  Jīnwǎn shāozǎo, wǒ jiēdào mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán dǎ lái, tàidu fēicháng kěnqiè de diànhuà. mǎ kǎn cānyìyuán yǐ dǎ wán yī chǎng màncháng jiānkǔ de xuǎnzhàn. tā wèi zhège tā suǒ rè'ài de guójiā suǒ dǎdī zhàng gèng jiǔ, gèng jiānkǔ. tā wèi Měiguó de fèngxiàn xīshēng, shì wǒmen duōshù tóngbāo nányǐ xiǎngxiàng de. yīnwèi yǒu tā zhèwèi yǒnggǎn wúsī de lǐngxiù de fèngxiàn, wǒmen cáinéng guo bǐjiào hǎo de rìzi.
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
• 今晚稍早，我接到马侃叁议员打来，态度非常恳切的电话。马侃叁议员已打完一场漫长艰苦的选战。他为这个他所热爱的国家所打的仗更久，更艰苦。他为美国的奉献牺牲，是我们多数同胞难以想像的。因为有他这位勇敢无私的领袖的奉献，我们才能过比较好的日子。
  A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Senator McCain. Senator McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

Words starting with 同胞

• 同胞兄妹tóng bāo xiōng mèisibling

Words containing 同胞

• 女同胞nǚ tóng bāowoman; female; female compatriot
• 男同胞nán tóng bāoman; male; male compatriot
• 山地同胞shān dì tóng bāo(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples; Taiwanese aborigine

Where 同胞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tiáo–tóng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tóng bāo correctly.
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