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Colleague in Chinese: 同事 (tóng shì)

tóng shì

colleague

HSK 32 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1colleague; co-worker

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同
事

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ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你们是同事。

    nǐ men shì tóng shì。

    You are colleagues.

  • 明惠是我的同事。

    míng huì shì wǒ de tóng shì。

    Minghui is my colleague.

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Related words

事

shì

matter

同

tóng

like

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

共同

gòng tóng

common

同情

tóng qíng

to sympathize with

从事

cóng shì

to go for

合同

hé tong

(business) contract

胡同

hú tòng

lane

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