同
学

To study at the same school in Chinese: 同学 (tóng xué)

tóng xué

to study at the same school

HSK 1Traditional: 同學2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to study at the same school
  2. 2fellow student
  3. 3classmate

Stroke order

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同
学

Zhuyin

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ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄩㄝˊ

xué

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ üㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

同学

Simplified

同學

Traditional

Example sentences

See 同学 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我们是同学。

    wǒ men shì tóng xué。

    We're classmates.

  • 他是我的同学。

    tā shì wǒ de tóng xué。

    He is my classmate.

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Related words

学

xué

to learn

同

tóng

like

学生

xué sheng

student

学习

xué xí

to learn

学校

xué xiào

school

数学

shù xué

mathematics

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

共同

gòng tóng

common

科学

kē xué

science

留学

liú xué

to study abroad

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