同事 (tóngshì) means Colleague (co-worker). Below are 8 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
From the graded readers
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
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
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
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
Questions about 同事
How is 同事 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 同事 (tóngshì, "Colleague (co-worker)"), 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 同事 an HSK word?
Yes — 同事 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 同事?
The dictionary page for 同事 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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