1 to use

2 to employ

3 to have to

4 to eat or drink

5 expense or outlay

6 usefulness

7 hence

8 therefore

1 (used in given names)

2 variant: 同 tóng

1 like

2 same

3 similar

4 together

5 alike

6 with

1 see also: 胡同 hú tòng

1 two

2 both

3 some

4 a few

5 tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)