共同 (gòngtóng) means Common (joint - together). Below are 7 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
保护环境是大家 共同 的责任。
Bǎohù huánjìng shì dàjiā gòngtóng de zérèn.
Protecting the environment is everyone's shared responsibility.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 共同
地球是我们 共同 的家。
Dìqiú shì wǒmen gòngtóng de jiā.
The Earth is our shared home.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 地球
这是人类的 共同 问题。
Zhè shì rénlèi de gòngtóng wèntí.
This is a problem for all humanity.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人类
共同 的目标凝聚了整个团队。
Gòngtóng de mùbiāo níngjù le zhěnggè tuánduì.
A shared goal drew the whole team together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凝聚
这项工程依靠大家 共同 完成。
Zhè xiàng gōngchéng yīkào dàjiā gòngtóng wánchéng.
This project depends on everyone finishing it together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 依靠
减少二氧化碳排放是各国的 共同 目标。
Jiǎnshǎo èryǎnghuàtàn páifàng shì gè guó de gòngtóng mùbiāo.
Cutting carbon dioxide emissions is a shared goal of all countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 二氧化碳
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Questions about 共同
How is 共同 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 sentences using 共同 (gòngtóng, "Common (joint - together)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 共同 an HSK word?
Yes — 共同 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 共同?
The dictionary page for 共同 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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