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Meaning of 同

Pinyin tóng、 tòng

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

Usage

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同 [tóng] 一、一样，没有差异；相同。 1. 一（a. 一致，统一；b. 共同的一个或一种）。 2. 侪（同辈）。 3. 庚（同岁）。 4. 年。 5. 胞（同胞）。 6. 人（a. 在同一单位工作的人；b. 同行业的人）。 7. 仁（同人）。 8. 仇敌忾。 9. 工异曲。 10. 室操戈。 11. 情同手足。 Same, no difference; identical. 1. One (a. consistency; unity; b. a common one or type). 2. Peers. 3. Same age. 4. Year. 5. Sibling (blood relations). 6. People (a. those working at the same unit; b. those in the same industry). 7. Kindred (like-minded individuals). 8. Alike in enmity. 9. Different works but similar intent. 10. Fighting within the same room. 11. Feelings as close as brothers. 二、共，在一起（从事）。 - 共同、同行、共同进行。 - 例：共事、同行。 - 例如：殊途同归，共舟共济。 Together, in common (engaging). - Jointly, along, to participate together. - Examples: working together, traveling together. - For instance: different paths lead to the same goal, working together to overcome challenges. 三、和，跟。 - 同流合污。 With, alongside. - Example: join in wrongdoing. 四、姓。 - 同为姓氏。 Surname. - It is also a surname. 【动】本义: 聚集造字法: 会意。从冃，从口。冃( mào)，重复。 (Verb) Original meaning: To gather. Word formation: Pictograph. 一、同本义 (En. converge) 二、相同，一样，共同 (En. be the same as) 三、参与;一起干某事 (En. participate in; share) 四、共，共一个 (En. in common) 五、齐一;统一 (En. uniform; unified; unitary) (Verb) 1. Same original meaning (En. converge). 2. Identical, the same, common (emphasizing similarity) (En. be the same as). 3. Participate together in some matter (En. participate in; share). 4. In common (En. in common). 5. Uniform or unified (En. uniform; unified). 【副】一、共同。到一处 (En. together; jointly) (Adverb) 1. Jointly, to the same place (En. together; jointly). 【名】一、中国古代诸侯朝见天子的六礼之一。每隔十二年，诸侯一齐来朝见天子叫“同”。 (En. tong) 二、中国古代土地面积单位，地方百里为同 (En. a unit of land measurement) 三、中国古代爵一类的酒器 (En. wine vessel) 四、姓 (En. surname) (Noun) 1. One of the six rituals for feudal lords to pay respects to the Emperor in ancient China, held every twelve years (En. tong). 2. An ancient unit of land area, where a hundred miles equals a tong (En. a unit of land measurement). 3. An ancient wine vessel (En. wine vessel). 4. A surname (En. surname). 【介】一、引进共同行动者 (En. with). 二、例如: 我同你去；我同她说话 (En. I go with you; I speak with her). 三、给，为 (En. for). (Preposition) 1. Introducing a joint participant (En. with). 2. For example: I go with you; I speak with her. 3. To indicate for (En. for). 【连】一、和，表示并列关系 (En. and; with). 二、例如: 我同农民；教师同塾师 (En. I with the farmer; the teacher with the tutor). (Conjunction) 1. And to express a coordination relationship (En. and; with). 2. For example: I with the farmer; teacher with the tutor. 同 [tóng] - 衕 tòng (En. same sound) - 见“胡同” hútòng (En. see "hútòng").

合同 hé tong

(business) contract / CL:個|个[ge4]

相同 xiāng tóng

identical / same

同意 tóng yì

to agree / to consent / to approve

同样 tóng yàng

same / equal / equivalent

同志 tóng zhì

comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL:個|个[ge4]

同学 tóng xué

to study at the same school / fellow student / classmate / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]

如同 rú tóng

like / as

同年 tóng nián

the same year

同一 tóng yī

identical / the same

同比 tóng bǐ

over the same period / year-on-year

同胞 tóng bāo

born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot

同期 tóng qī

the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous

同盟 tóng méng

alliance

同情 tóng qíng

to sympathize with / sympathy

不同于 bù tóng yú

other than / be differ from / be different than

味同嚼蜡 wèi tóng jiáo là

tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid

同姓 tóng xìng

of the same surname

同心协力 tóng xīn xié lì

to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one

协同 xié tóng

to cooperate / in coordination with / coordinated / collaborate / collaboration / collaborative

不同寻常 bù tóng xún cháng

out of ordinary

非同寻常 fēi tóng xún cháng

extraordinary / quite something

同归于尽 tóng guī yú jìn

to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes / to take sb down with oneself / to end in mutual destruction

同居 tóng jū

to live together

异同 yì tóng

comparison / differences and similarities

同时 tóng shí

at the same time / simultaneously

敌忾同仇 dí kài tóng chóu

fight against the common enemy / fight with a common hatred for the enemy / treat sb. as a public enemy / wreak vengeance upon the same enemy

同病相怜 tóng bìng xiāng lián

fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company

同性恋 tóng xìng liàn

homosexuality / gay person / gay love

同性恋爱 tóng xìng liàn ài

uranism / urningism / uranianism

同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē

wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife

截然不同 jié rán bù tóng

entirely different / different as black and white

戮力同心 lù lì tóng xīn

concerted efforts in a common cause (idiom); united and working together

同心戮力 tóng xīn lù lì

Work together

不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run

共同体 gòng tóng tǐ

community

不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng

to beg to differ (idiom)

同床共枕 tóng chuáng gòng zhěn

to share the bed / (fig.) to be married

雌雄同株 cí xióng tóng zhū

monoecism

同桌 tóng zhuō

desk-mate / seat-mate

同僚 tóng liáo

colleague / fellow-worker

同侪 tóng chái

peer / member of the same class, generation or social group

同步 tóng bù

synchronous / to synchronize / to keep step with

殊途同归 shū tú tóng guī

different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end

同流合污 tóng liú hé wū

to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

混同 hùn tóng

to mix up / to confuse one thing with another

同伴 tóng bàn

companion / comrade / fellow

同伙 tóng huǒ

colleague / co-conspirator / accomplice

共同 gòng tóng

common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative

同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ

shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse

同盟国 tóng méng guó

allied nation / ally / confederation

同盟条约 tóng méng tiáo yuē

treaty of alliance

同盟者 tóng méng zhě

ally / confederate

偕同 xié tóng

along with / accompanied by / together with

有福同享 yǒu fú tóng xiǎng

share each other's fortunes / share prosperity with ...

一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén

to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people

同仇敌忾 tóng chóu dí kài

anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary

同事 tóng shì

colleague / co-worker / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

同窗 tóng chuāng

schoolmate / fellow student

同等 tóng děng

equal to / having the same social class or status

同类 tóng lèi

similar / same type / alike

同位素 tóng wèi sù

isotope

不约而同 bù yuē ér tóng

to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation

共同纲领 gòng tóng gāng lǐng

common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan

同翅目 tóng chì mù

Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)

同义词 tóng yì cí

synonym

不同 bù tóng

different / distinct / not the same / not alike

与此同时 yǔ cǐ tóng shí

at the same time / meanwhile

与众不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng

to stand out from the masses (idiom)

同舟共济 tóng zhōu gòng jì

cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals

风雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu

lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times

非同一般 fēi tóng yì bān

Extraordinary

苟同 gǒu tóng

to agree blindly

誓同生死 shì tóng shēng sǐ

pledge ourselves to live and die together

认同 rèn tóng

to approve of / to endorse / to acknowledge / to recognize / to identify oneself with

赞同 zàn tóng

to approve of / to endorse / (vote) in favor

迥然不同 jiǒng rán bù tóng

widely different / utterly different

趋同 qū tóng

to converge

同轴 tóng zhóu

coaxial / concentric

同辈 tóng bèi

of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer

连同 lián tóng

together with / along with

同工同酬 tóng gōng tóng chóu

equal pay for equal work

陪同 péi tóng

to accompany

随同 suí tóng

accompanying

雌雄同体 cí xióng tóng tǐ

hermaphrodite

非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě

extremely important / no small matter

同龄 tóng líng

of the same age

同龄人 tóng líng rén

peer / one's contemporary / person of the same age