同
志

Comrade in Chinese: 同志 (tóng zhì)

tóng zhì

comrade

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1comrade
  2. 2(slang) homosexual

Stroke order

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同
志

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ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄓˋ

zhì

ㄓ/ zhˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这位老同志为国家工作了一辈子。

    zhè wèi lǎo tóng zhì wèi guó jiā gōng zuò le yí bèi zi。

    This old comrade worked for the country his whole life.

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Related words

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

共同

gòng tóng

common

同情

tóng qíng

to sympathize with

杂志

zá zhì

magazine

标志

biāo zhì

sign

合同

hé tong

(business) contract

胡同

hú tòng

lane

同时

tóng shí

at the same time

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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