Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.same; similar; alike
同岁
of the same age
同年级
of the same grade
我们是同一条战线。
We are at the same front.
antonym
- 2
v.be the same as; be alike; be similar to
他们同一种族。
They are of the same race.
我们社区的所有儿童都就读于同一所学校。
All the children in our community go to the same school.
她俩在同一家公司上班。
They work in a same conpmay.
- 3
adv.together; in common
他们一同动身去上海。
They set out for Shanghai together.
我们同甘苦,共患难。
We share our weal and woe.
我们同住一个宿舍。
We share the same dormitory.
synonym
- 4
prep.(introduce the object of an action); (used to indicate accompaniment, relationship, involvement, etc.) with
他同父母住在一起。
He lives with his parents.
这件事同我没有任何关系。
This has nothing to do with me.
同他谈一谈
talk with him
- 5
conj.and; as well as; together with
我同你一起过去。
I will go with you.
老师同学生们
teachers and students
同他逛街
go shopping with him
- 6
prep.dialfor
我同你想个办法。
I'll find a way for you.
这封信我同你保存着。
I've kept this letter for you.
- 7
prep.as; (used to show comparison)
今年的天气同往年不一样。
The weather of this year is not the same as that of the past years.
她同姐姐一样漂亮。
She is as beautiful as her elder sister.
Words and phrases with 同
- 同情心[word]sympathy
- 同意[word]agree with
- 同居[word]live together; a common-law marriage
- 同化[word]assimilate; assimilation
- 同伴[word]companion
- 同心[word]with one heart; homocentric
- 同住[word]cohabit
- 同学[word]be a schoolmate of somebody; schoolmate
- 同声[word]speak/say in chorus/unison; music of the same scale
- 同病相怜[idiom]those who have the same illness sympathize with each other
- 同时并举[idiom]develop...and...simultaneously
- 同舟共济[idiom]cross a river in the same boat
- 同仇敌忾[idiom]share a bitter hatred of the enemy
- 同床共枕[idiom]share the same bed and the same pillow
- 同心协力[idiom]make concerted efforts
- 同流合污[idiom]go along with somebody in his evil deeds
- 同甘共苦[idiom]go through thick and thin together
- 同心同德[idiom]be of one heart and one mind
Word usage
- Note1. "同" is usually pronounced as "tóng"; when pronounced as "tòng", it is used for the joint word "胡同"; 2. Now "同" is mostly used as a preposition, and "和" is mostly used as a conjunction. "