不
同

Different in Chinese: 不同 (bù tóng)

bù tóng

different

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1different
  2. 2distinct
  3. 3not the same
  4. 4not alike

Stroke order

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不
同

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们的想法很不同。

    wǒ men de xiǎng fǎ hěn bù tóng。

    Our ideas are very different.

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Related words

不

bù

no

同

tóng

like

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

共同

gòng tóng

common

同情

tóng qíng

to sympathize with

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