同
tóng
Pinyin

Definition

同
 - 
tóng
  1. like
  2. same
  3. similar
  4. together
  5. alike
  6. with
同 (仝)
 - 
tóng
  1. (used in given names)
  2. variant of 同[tóng]
同 (衕)
 - 
tòng
  1. see 衚衕|胡同[hú tòng]

Character Decomposition

Compounds (22)

洞
dòng
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 hole
  3. 3 zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
铜
tóng
  1. 1 copper (chemistry)
  2. 2 see also: 红铜 hóng tóng
  3. 3 classifier: 块 kuài
筒
tǒng
  1. 1 tube
  2. 2 cylinder
  3. 3 to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc)
筒
tǒng
  1. 1 variant: 筒 tǒng
桐
tóng
  1. 1 tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)

Related Words (20)

不同
bù tóng
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 not the same
  4. 4 not alike
同
tóng
  1. 1 (used in given names)
  2. 2 variant: 同 tóng
共同
gòng tóng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 joint
  3. 3 jointly
  4. 4 together
  5. 5 collaborative
同事
tóng shì
  1. 1 colleague
  2. 2 co-worker
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
同学
tóng xué
  1. 1 to study at the same school
  2. 2 fellow student
  3. 3 classmate
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
  1. 1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 out of the common run

Sample Sentences

王总，这份合同草案请您过目，看看有哪里需要修改的。
Wángzǒng ，zhè fèn hétong cǎoàn qǐng nín guòmù ，kànkan yǒu nǎlǐ xūyào xiūgǎi de 。
Mr. Wang, please take a look at the contract draft, to see if there is anything needs to be revised.
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恕我冒昧，我不同意。
shùwǒmàomèi ，wǒ bù tóngyì 。
Please forgive me for being rude. I don’t agree.
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恕我直言，我不认同。
shùwǒzhíyán ，wǒ bù rèntóng 。
Please forgive me for being direct. I don’t agree.
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坦白说，我有不同的看法。
tǎnbáishuō ，wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
Frankly speaking, I share a different opinion.
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你需要一个团队，我明白。可是老板还没同意。
nǐ xūyào yīgē tuánduì ，wǒ míngbai 。kěshì lǎobǎn hái méi tóngyì 。
I understand that you need a team. But our boss hasn’t given us the green light/
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我了解你的意思，但是我不太认同。
wǒ liǎojiě nǐ de yìsi ，dànshì wǒ bù tài rèntóng 。
I understand what you mean, but I don’t really agree.
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我明白，但是我不太同意。
wǒ míngbai ，dànshì wǒ bù tài tóngyì 。
I understand, but I don’t really agree with it.
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好是好，但是我有不同的看法。
hǎo shì hǎo ，dànshì wǒ yǒu bùtóng de kànfǎ 。
This is a great idea, but I have a different opinion.
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我先生今儿出门儿的时候，说要和大学同学聚餐，我总觉得不对劲儿，一定有事儿，就打电话问了一个熟人，他就露馅儿了，我压根儿没想到他会这样骗我。
wǒ xiānsheng jīnr chūméner de shíhou ，shuō yào hé dàxué tóngxué jùcān ，wǒ zǒng juéde bùduìjìnr ，yīdìng yǒu shìr ，jiù dǎdiànhuà wèn le yīgē shúrén ，tā jiù lòuxiànr le ，wǒ yàgēnr méixiǎngdào tā huì zhèyàng piàn wǒ 。
When my husband went out today and said he was going to have dinner with his college friends, I couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong. I called an acquaintance and he gave my husband away. I had no idea he would lie to me like that.
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听到消息有新的上司要来，同事就开始出馊主意，说要热热闹闹地为新上司办个欢迎派对，看来他是想和新上司套交情。
tīngdào xiāoxi yǒu Xīn de shàngsi yào lái ，tóngshì jiù kāishǐ chū sōuzhǔyi ，shuō yào rèrènàonào de wéi Xīn shàngsi bàn ge huānyíng pàiduì ，kànlai tā shì xiǎng hé Xīn shàngsi tàojiāoqing 。
When hearing of the news that a new boss was coming, my colleague began to make silly suggestions, saying that we should have a welcoming party for the new boss. It seemed that he was trying to curry favor with the new boss.
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