同 (tóng) means Together (same - alike - as - with). Below are 24 of the 168 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
我 同 意你的观点。
Wǒ tóngyì nǐ de guāndiǎn.
I agree with your point of view.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 观点
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From the graded readers
可是身体先不 同 意了。
kěshì shēntǐ xiān bùtóng yì le / liǎo / liào.
But my body disagreed first.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
今天早上， 同 屋送我去医院。
jīntiān zǎoshang, tóngwū sòng wǒ qù yīyuàn.
This morning my roommate took me to the hospital.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
到了公司， 同 事们也没有跟我说纪念日快乐。
dàole gōngsī, tóngshì men yě méiyǒu gēn wǒ shuō jìniànrì kuàilè.
At the office, none of my colleagues said happy anniversary either.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
同 事送了我两个月饼，一个是甜的，一个是咸的。
tóngshì sòng le / liǎo / liào wǒ liǎng gè yuè bǐng, yīgè shì tián de / dì, yīgè shì xián de / dì.
A colleague had given me two mooncakes, one sweet and one savoury.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
我在 同 一条街上走了三遍，才发现自己一直在转圈。
wǒ zài tóngyī tiáo jiēshàng zǒule sān biàn, cái fāxiàn zìjǐ yìzhí zài zhuǎn / zhuàn juān.
I'd walked down the same street three times before I realised I was going in circles.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
左边的是她大学最好的朋友，右边的两个是 同 班 同 学。
zuǒbiān de / dì shì tā dàxué zuìhǎo de / dì péngyou, yòubiān de / dì liǎng gè shì tóng bān tóngxué.
The one on the left was her best friend at university; the two on the right were classmates.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
有一次，我已经很累了， 同 事又让我帮他做一份报告。
yǒu yīcì, wǒ yǐjīng hěn lèi / léi / lěi le / liǎo / liào, tóngshì yòu ràng wǒ bāng tā zuò yī fèn bàogào.
Once, when I was already exhausted, a colleague asked me to do a report for him.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
她摇了摇头，说：“毕业以后，大家去了不 同 的城市。”
tā yáo le / liǎo / liào yáo tóu, shuō:" bìyè yǐhòu, dàjiā qùle bùtóng de / dì chéngshì."
She shook her head and said, "After we graduated everyone went to different cities."
Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph
同 事让我帮忙，我答应；朋友借钱，我答应；周末有活动，我也答应。
tóngshì ràng wǒ bāngmáng, wǒ dāying; péngyou jiè qián, wǒ dāying; zhōumò yǒu huódòng, wǒ yě dāying.
A colleague asked for help, I agreed; a friend wanted to borrow money, I agreed; something was on at the weekend, I agreed to that too.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
From the travel phrasebook
请发合 同 给我。
Qǐng fā hétong gěi wǒ.
Please send me the contract.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
我回去跟 同 事商量。
Wǒ huíqù gēn tóngshì shāngliang.
I'll discuss it with my colleagues.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
同 appears in 168 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 同
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Questions about 同
How is 同 used in a sentence?
This page shows 168 sentences using 同 (tóng, "Together (same - alike - as - with)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 同 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 同 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 同?
The dictionary page for 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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