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同

tóng

HSK 1 Character

What 同 means

1. like
2. same
3. similar
4. together
5. alike
6. with

Other readings

同 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• tòngused in {胡同|hú tòng}
• tòngused in {胡同|hú tòng}

Example sentences

• 同意。
  I agree.
• 我同意。
  I agree.
• 我是女同。
  Wǒ shì nǚtóng.
  I am lesbian.
• 生日同乐！
  Shēngrì tónglè!
  Let's have a good birthday celebration!
• 我同意你。
  I agree with you.
• 我同情你。
  I feel for you.

Words starting with 同

• 同学tóng xuéto study at the same school; fellow student; classmate
• 同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
• 同意tóng yìto agree; to consent; to approve
• 同事tóng shìcolleague; co-worker
• 同样tóng yàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
• 同志tóng zhìcomrade; (slang) homosexual
• 同情tóng qíngto sympathize with; sympathy
• 同胞tóng bāoborn of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen
• 同一tóng yīidentical; the same
• 同行tóng hángperson of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry
• 同性恋tóng xìng liànhomosexuality; gay person; gay love
• 同伴tóng bàncompanion; comrade; fellow
• 同期tóng qīthe corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous
• 同步tóng bùsynchronous; to synchronize; to keep step with
• 同年tóng niánin the same year; to be the same age
• 同居tóng jūto live together; to cohabit
• 同桌tóng zhuōdesk-mate; seat-mate
• 同类tóng lèisimilar; same type; alike
• 同上tóng shàngas above; ditto; idem
• 同班tóng bānto be in the same class; to be in the same squad; classmate
• 同等tóng děngequal to; having the same social class or status
• 同在tóng zàito be with
• 同比tóng bǐ(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year…
• 同人tóng rénpeople from the same workplace or profession; co-worker; colleague…

Words containing 同

• 不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct; not the same
• 相同xiāng tóngidentical; same
• 共同gòng tóngcommon; joint; jointly
• 合同hé tongcontract; agreement
• 胡同hú tònglane; alley
• 赞同zàn tóngto approve of; to agree with (an opinion, action etc); to endorse
• 连同lián tóngtogether with; along with
• 如同rú tónglike; as
• 一同yī tóngtogether
• 认同rèn tóngto approve of; to endorse; to acknowledge
• 与此同时yǔ cǐ tóng shíat the same time; meanwhile
• 陪同péi tóngto accompany
• 与众不同yǔ zhòng bù tóng(idiom) to stand out from the crowd; distinctive; different from the rest
• 不约而同bù yuē ér tóng(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation…
• 截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white
• 等同děng tóngto equate; equal to
• 有所不同yǒu suǒ bù tóngto differ to some extent (idiom)
• 异口同声yì kǒu tóng shēngdifferent mouths, same voice; to speak in unison (idiom)
• 会同huì tóngto handle sth jointly
• 协同xié tóngto cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated
• 雷同léi tóngmirroring others; identical
• 共同点gòng tóng diǎncommon ground
• 大同小异dà tóng xiǎo yìvirtually the same; differing only on small points
• 随同suí tóngaccompanying

Characters that look like 同

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need…
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space
• 困kùnto trap; to surround; hard-pressed
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 闵Mǐnsurname Min

Sounds the same

Read tóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 童child
• 铜copper (chemistry); see also 红铜
• 彤red
• 桐tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 瞳pupil of the eye
• 洞used in 洪洞
• 酮ketone
• 僮servant boy
• 潼high; name of a pass
• 峒name of a mountain
• 硐grind
• 侗ignorant