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tóng
HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 同

知情同意
zhī qíng tóng yì

informed consent

谭嗣同
tán sì tóng

Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

同期
tóng qī

the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)

男同胞
nán tóng bāo

man

大同县
dà tóng xiàn

Datong county in Datong 大同[dà tóng], Shanxi

同素异形体
tóng sù yì xíng tǐ

allotropy

同舟共济
tóng zhōu gòng jì

cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests

同性相斥
tóng xìng xiāng chì

like polarities repel each other

一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén

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

共同体
gòng tóng tǐ

community

同名
tóng míng

of the same name

同型性
tóng xíng xìng

isomorphism

同情者
tóng qíng zhě

supporter

戮力同心
lù lì tóng xīn

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

形同陌路
xíng tóng mò lù

to be estranged

同在
tóng zài

to be with

合同各方
hé tong gè fāng

parties to a contract (law)

味同嚼蜡
wèi tóng jiáo là

lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)

同理
tóng lǐ

Tongli, a city in Jiangsu Province, China

道不同不相为谋
dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu

lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together

同仁堂
tóng rén táng

Tongrentang, Chinese pharmaceutical company (TCM)

同时代
tóng shí dài

contemporary

同上
tóng shàng

as above; ditto; idem

同婚
tóng hūn

same-sex marriage

截然不同
jié rán bù tóng

entirely different

合同
hé tong

(business) contract

会同
huì tóng

Huitong county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

恐同
kǒng tóng

to be homophobic

李叔同
lǐ shū tóng

Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[xīn wén huà yùn dòng] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[xīn hài gé mìng] of 1911

同级评审
tóng jí píng shěn

peer review

同时
tóng shí

at the same time

同意
tóng yì

to agree

同谋
tóng móu

to conspire with sb

持不同政见
chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn

(politically) dissenting

同居
tóng jū

to live together

同余类
tóng yú lèi

congruence class (of integers modulo n)

同妻
tóng qī

(neologism c. 2009) wife of a gay man (the man may marry to conform with social expectations, and the woman often enters the marriage not knowing he is gay)

同翅目
tóng chì mù

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

同事
tóng shì

colleague; co-worker

视同
shì tóng

to regard the same as

求同
qiú tóng

to seek consensus

同道中人
tóng dào zhōng rén

kindred spirit

同袍
tóng páo

comrade

同一
tóng yī

identical

同盟国
tóng méng guó

allied nation

同床共枕
tóng chuáng gòng zhěn

to share the bed

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

共同点
gòng tóng diǎn

common ground

同花顺
tóng huā shùn

straight flush (poker)

帮同
bāng tóng

to help (sb do sth)

同乡亲故
tóng xiāng qīn gù

fellow countryman (from the same village)

三代同堂
sān dài tóng táng

three generations under one roof

情同手足
qíng tóng shǒu zú

as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers

女同
nǚ tóng

a lesbian (coll.)

与此同时
yǔ cǐ tóng shí

at the same time; meanwhile

陈希同
chén xī tóng

Chen Xitong (1930-), mayor of Beijing at the time of 4th Jun 1989 Tiananmen incident

趋同
qū tóng

to converge

同堂
tóng táng

to live under the same roof (of different generations)

不同
bù tóng

different

同仁县
tóng rén xiàn

Tongren County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[huáng nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

混同
hùn tóng

to mix up

同侪
tóng chái

peer

同义语
tóng yì yǔ

synonym

同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)

同宗同源
tóng zōng tóng yuán

to share the same origins; to have common roots

约同
yuē tóng

to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)

不敢苟同
bù gǎn gǒu tóng

to beg to differ (idiom)

非同凡响
fēi tóng fán xiǎng

out of the ordinary

同济医科大学
tóng jì yī kē dà xué

Tongji Medical College

共同纲领
gòng tóng gāng lǐng

common program

同源词
tóng yuán cí

cognate; words having a common origin

共同利益
gòng tóng lì yì

common interest

可转换同位素
kě zhuǎn huàn tóng wèi sù

fertile isotope

众口同声
zhòng kǒu tóng shēng

(of people) to be of one voice (idiom)

异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng

different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)

志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé

like-minded (idiom)

同僚
tóng liáo

colleague; coworker

苟同
gǒu tóng

to agree blindly

不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng

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

新剧同志会
xīn jù tóng zhì huì

New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[chūn liǔ shè]

同侪审查
tóng chái shěn chá

peer review

性别认同障碍
xìng bié rèn tóng zhàng ài

gender identity disorder (GID)

同案犯
tóng àn fàn

accomplice

同仁
tóng rén

Tongren County in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[huáng nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

同义
tóng yì

synonymous

恐同症
kǒng tóng zhèng

homophobia

山地同胞
shān dì tóng bāo

(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples

同比
tóng bǐ

(statistics) compared with the same period of the previous year; year on year; year over year

共同基金
gòng tóng jī jīn

mutual fund

同工
tóng gōng

fellow workers

恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào

your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)

同业
tóng yè

same trade or business

同窗
tóng chuāng

schoolmate

同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé

of one mind (idiom)

伙同
huǒ tóng

to collude

中国同盟会
zhōng guó tóng méng huì

Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912

同路
tóng lù

to go the same way

雌雄同体性
cí xióng tóng tǐ xìng

hermaphroditism

有所不同
yǒu suǒ bù tóng

to differ to some extent (idiom)

同流合污
tóng liú hé wū

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

同分异构体
tóng fēn yì gòu tǐ

isomer (chemistry)

情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu

as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship

同型配子
tóng xíng pèi zǐ

isogamete

同位素分离
tóng wèi sù fēn lí

isotopic separation

如同
rú tóng

like

双方同意
shuāng fāng tóng yì

bilateral agreement

异同
yì tóng

comparison

视同手足
shì tóng shǒu zú

to regard sb as a brother (idiom)

陪同
péi tóng

to accompany

形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè

to exist in name only

同理心
tóng lǐ xīn

empathy

各不相同
gè bù xiāng tóng

to have nothing in common with each other (idiom)

大同市
dà tóng shì

Datong prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

同龄人
tóng líng rén

peer

同桌
tóng zhuō

desk-mate

同道
tóng dào

same principle

东非共同体
dōng fēi gòng tóng tǐ

East African Community

同龄
tóng líng

of the same age

共同
gòng tóng

common

同德县
tóng dé xiàn

Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

同母异父
tóng mǔ yì fù

(of siblings) having the same mother but different fathers

非同步传输模式
fēi tóng bù chuán shū mó shì

asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)

共同筛选
gòng tóng shāi xuǎn

collaborative filtering

视同己出
shì tóng jǐ chū

to regard sb as one's own child

同业公会
tóng yè gōng huì

trade association

同花
tóng huā

flush (poker)

同侪谘商
tóng chái zī shāng

peer counseling

同心县
tóng xīn xiàn

Tongxin county in Wuzhong 吳忠|吴忠[wú zhōng], Ningxia

同胞
tóng bāo

born of the same parents

同乡
tóng xiāng

person from the same village, town, or province

阿拉伯共同市场
ā lā bó gòng tóng shì chǎng

Arab Common Market

三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo

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

同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián

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

同字框
tóng zì kuàng

name of the radical 冂[jiōng] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi

to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)

英雄所见略同
yīng xióng suǒ jiàn lüe4 tóng

lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike.

同仇敌忾
tóng chóu dí kài

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

小同乡
xiǎo tóng xiāng

person from the same county

同甘苦
tóng gān kǔ

to share joys and sorrows

同性爱
tóng xìng ài

homosexual

同侪压力
tóng chái yā lì

peer pressure

合同法
hé tong fǎ

contract law

同甘共苦
tóng gān gòng kǔ

shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows

药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán

lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)

普天同庆
pǔ tiān tóng qìng

everybody celebrating together

同道者
tóng dào zhě

fellow-traveler

同学
tóng xué

to study at the same school

同符合契
tóng fú hé qì

same sign, joint aim (idiom); fig. completely compatible

伴同
bàn tóng

to accompany

求同存异
qiú tóng cún yì

to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)

同名同姓
tóng míng tóng xìng

having same given name and family name

性同一性障碍
xìng tóng yī xìng zhàng ài

gender identity disorder

同盟军
tóng méng jūn

ally

携手同行
xié shǒu tóng xíng

to walk hand in hand

不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng

lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding

同行
tóng xíng

to journey together

赞同
zàn tóng

to approve of

同济大学
tóng jì dà xué

Tongji University

同房
tóng fáng

(of a married couple) to have intercourse

雷同
léi tóng

mirroring others

同声翻译
tóng shēng fān yì

simultaneous translation

有福同享,有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng

To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse

大同
dà tóng

(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)

同志
tóng zhì

comrade

协同作用
xié tóng zuò yòng

synergy

四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng

Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[lǎo shě]

同日
tóng rì

same day

非同步
fēi tóng bù

asynchronous

大同小异
dà tóng xiǎo yì

virtually the same

同盟会
tóng méng huì

Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912

关税同盟
guān shuì tóng méng

customs union

劳动合同
láo dòng hé tong

labor contract

大不相同
dà bù xiāng tóng

not at all the same

近乎同步
jìn hū tóng bù

plesiochronous

同量
tóng liàng

commensurable

同轴电缆
tóng zhóu diàn lǎn

coaxial cable

随同
suí tóng

accompanying

同化作用
tóng huà zuò yòng

assimilation

同侪团体
tóng chái tuán tǐ

peer group

同途殊归
tóng tú shū guī

same road out, different ones back

与众不同
yǔ zhòng bù tóng

to stand out from the masses (idiom)

同砚
tóng yàn

classmate

同样
tóng yàng

same

同乐
tóng lè

to enjoy together

鸡同鸭讲
jī tóng yā jiǎng

lit. chicken speaking with duck

同音
tóng yīn

(music) unison

吴越同舟
wú yuè tóng zhōu

Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals

同情
tóng qíng

to sympathize with

同侪检视
tóng chái jiǎn shì

peer review

与日同辉
yǔ rì tóng huī

to become more glorious with each passing day (idiom)

女同胞
nǚ tóng bāo

woman

等同语
děng tóng yǔ

(linguistics) an equivalent; a translation of a term into the target language

未敢苟同
wèi gǎn gǒu tóng

can't agree with

同义词
tóng yì cí

synonym

有福同享,有难同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng

To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse

同侪扶持
tóng chái fú chí

peer support

同好
tóng hào

fellow enthusiasts

共同社
gòng tóng shè

Kyōdō, Japanese news agency

同年
tóng nián

the same year

通同
tōng tóng

to collude

胡同
hú tòng

lane

同伴
tóng bàn

companion; comrade; fellow

同伙
tóng huǒ

colleague

同台
tóng tái

to appear on the same stage

认同
rèn tóng

to approve of

同胞兄妹
tóng bāo xiōng mèi

sibling

殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī

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

同感
tóng gǎn

(have the) same feeling

党同伐异
dǎng tóng fá yì

to be narrowly partisan

同花大顺
tóng huā dà shùn

royal flush (poker)

同辈
tóng bèi

of the same generation

同父异母
tóng fù yì mǔ

(of siblings) having the same father but different mothers

共同闸道介面
gòng tóng zhá dào jiè miàn

Common Gateway Interface

同时期
tóng shí qī

at the same time

同心
tóng xīn

Tongxin county in Wuzhong 吳忠|吴忠[wú zhōng], Ningxia

等同
děng tóng

to equate

裂变同位素
liè biàn tóng wèi sù

fissile isotope

未可同日而语
wèi kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath

全同
quán tóng

identical

兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén

lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common

放射性同位素
fàng shè xìng tóng wèi sù

radioactive isotope

阴阳合同
yīn yáng hé tóng

a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table \yin contract\ 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine \yang contract\ 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities

形同
xíng tóng

tantamount to

同性恋
tóng xìng liàn

homosexuality

劳务合同
láo wù hé tong

service contract

同级
tóng jí

on the same level

同工同酬
tóng gōng tóng chóu

equal pay for equal work

同义字
tóng yì zì

synonym

同人
tóng rén

people from the same workplace or profession

非同小可
fēi tóng xiǎo kě

extremely important

同文馆
tóng wén guǎn

Tongwen Guan, 19th century college that trained translators for China's diplomatic corps, established in Beijing in 1862 and absorbed by the Imperial University in 1902

日本共同社
rì běn gòng tóng shè

Kyōdō, Japanese news agency

协同
xié tóng

to cooperate

同构
tóng gòu

isomorphism

同态
tóng tài

homomorphism (math.)

同安县
tóng ān xiàn

former Tong'an county, now Tong'an district 同安區|同安区[tóng ān qū] of Xiamen city, Fujian

中国民主同盟
zhōng guó mín zhǔ tóng méng

China Democratic League

同党
tóng dǎng

to belong to the same party or organization

同轴
tóng zhóu

coaxial

同音词
tóng yīn cí

homophone; homonym

同喜
tóng xǐ

Thank you for your congratulations!

同一个世界,同一个梦想
tóng yī gè shì jiè , tóng yī gè mèng xiǎng

One world - one dream, motto of 2008 Beijing Olympic games

同治
tóng zhì

reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)

同类
tóng lèi

similar

同江市
tóng jiāng shì

Tongjiang, county-level city in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[jiā mù sī], Heilongjiang

相同
xiāng tóng

identical

同性
tóng xìng

same nature

大同区
dà tóng qū

Datong or Tatung District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[tái běi shì], Taiwan

同安
tóng ān

Tong'an district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[xià mén shì] (Amoy), Fujian

雌雄同体人
cí xióng tóng tǐ rén

a hermaphrodite

同一挂
tóng yī guà

(coll.) to have a lot in common (with sb)

一同
yī tóng

together

雌雄同体
cí xióng tóng tǐ

hermaphrodite

偕同
xié tóng

along with

牛骥同槽
niú jì tóng cáo

cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike

同韵词
tóng yùn cí

a word that rhymes (with another word)

感同身受
gǎn tóng shēn shòu

to feel as if it had happened to oneself

相同名字
xiāng tóng míng zì

like-named

男同
nán tóng

gay guy (coll.)

同传耳麦
tóng chuán ěr mài

simultaneous interpretation headset

同业拆借
tóng yè chāi jiè

call loan

同安区
tóng ān qū

Tong'an district of Xiamen city 廈門市|厦门市[xià mén shì] (Amoy), Fujian

同源
tóng yuán

homology (biology)

同蒙其利
tóng méng qí lì

to both benefit

同犯
tóng fàn

accomplice

同盟
tóng méng

alliance

同卵双胞胎
tóng luǎn shuāng bāo tāi

identical twins

同屋
tóng wū

roommate

同声一哭
tóng shēng yī kū

to share one's feeling of grief with others (idiom)

同班同学
tóng bān tóng xué

classmate

台湾民主自治同盟
tái wān mín zhǔ zì zhì tóng méng

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

同类相吸
tóng lèi xiāng xī

Like attracts like.

同配生殖
tóng pèi shēng zhí

isogamy

汉萨同盟
hàn sà tóng méng

Hanseatic League

同路人
tóng lù rén

fellow traveler

同义反复
tóng yì fǎn fù

tautology

同量异位素
tóng liàng yì wèi sù

nuclear isobar

牛骥同皂
niú jì tóng zào

cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike

不同寻常
bù tóng xún cháng

out of the ordinary

同性恋者
tóng xìng liàn zhě

homosexual

下同
xià tóng

similarly hereinafter

非同质化代币
fēi tóng zhì huà dài bì

non-fungible token (NFT)

同等
tóng děng

equal to

同余
tóng yú

congruent (math.)

同班
tóng bān

to be in the same class

公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào

to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts

同行
tóng háng

person of the same profession

同音字
tóng yīn zì

Chinese character that is pronounced the same (as another character)

连同
lián tóng

together with

同位素
tóng wèi sù

isotope

同步数位阶层
tóng bù shù wèi jiē céng

synchronous digital hierarchy

同声传译
tóng shēng chuán yì

simultaneous interpretation

同归于尽
tóng guī yú jìn

to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes

同江
tóng jiāng

Tongjiang, county-level city in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[jiā mù sī], Heilongjiang

共同努力
gòng tóng nǔ lì

to work together

同卵
tóng luǎn

(of twins) identical

不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath

持不同政见者
chí bù tóng zhèng jiàn zhě

(political) dissident

同心协力
tóng xīn xié lì

to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts

视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì

to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant

同乐会
tóng lè huì

social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc)

同款
tóng kuǎn

similar (model)

同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng

lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas

同温层
tóng wēn céng

stratosphere

薰莸不同器
xūn yóu bù tóng qì

lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)

大同乡
dà tóng xiāng

Datong or Tatung Township in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[yí lán xiàn], Taiwan

异病同治
yì bìng tóng zhì

to use the same method to treat different diseases (TCM)

同性恋恐惧症
tóng xìng liàn kǒng jù zhèng

homophobia

迥然不同
jiǒng rán bù tóng

widely different

异口同声
yì kǒu tóng shēng

different mouths, same voice

同步加速器
tóng bù jiā sù qì

synchrotron

会同县
huì tóng xiàn

Huitong county in Huaihua 懷化|怀化[huái huà], Hunan

同类相食
tóng lèi xiāng shí

cannibalism

同分异构
tóng fēn yì gòu

isomerism (chemistry)

死胡同
sǐ hú tòng

dead end

时代不同,风尚不同
shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng

customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners

同化
tóng huà

assimilation (cultural, digestive, phonemic etc)

同余式
tóng yú shì

congruence (math.)

男女同校
nán nǚ tóng xiào

coeducation

同功
tóng gōng

analogous (evolutionary biology)

同质
tóng zhì

homogeneous

同步
tóng bù

synchronous

同德
tóng dé

Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[hǎi nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai

同位
tóng wèi

par