同事

同事 tóngshì in a sentence

Colleague (co-worker)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 19 sentences

同事 (tóngshì) means Colleague (co-worker). Below are 19 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

他是我的新 同事 。

Tā shì wǒ de xīn tóngshì.

He is my new colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 同事

中午我跟 同事 一起吃饭。

Zhōngwǔ wǒ gēn tóngshì yìqǐ chī fàn.

At noon I eat with my colleagues.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 同事

他跟 同事 的关系很好。

Tā gēn tóngshì de guānxi hěn hǎo.

He has a good relationship with his colleagues.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 关系

和 同事 相处要有耐心。

Hé tóngshì xiāngchǔ yào yǒu nàixīn.

Getting along with colleagues takes patience.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 相处

他在 同事 中很有威信。

Tā zài tóngshì zhōng hěn yǒu wēixìn.

He commands real respect among his colleagues.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威信

他把工作交代给了 同事 。

Tā bǎ gōngzuò jiāodài gěi le tóngshì.

He handed his work over to a colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 交代

同事 之间难免有些摩擦。

Tóngshì zhījiān nánmiǎn yǒu xiē mócā.

Some friction between colleagues is inevitable.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摩擦

同事 之间相处得很融洽。

Tóngshì zhījiān xiāngchǔ de hěn róngqià.

The colleagues get on harmoniously.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 融洽

他去医院探望了老 同事 。

Tā qù yīyuàn tànwàng le lǎo tóngshì.

He went to the hospital to visit his old colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 探望

同事 之间的称呼比较随便。

Tóngshì zhījiān de chēnghu bǐjiào suíbiàn.

The way colleagues address each other is fairly casual.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 称呼

他因殴打 同事 被公司开除。

Tā yīn ōudǎ tóngshì bèi gōngsī kāichú.

He was dismissed for assaulting a colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 殴打

陷害 同事 是很卑鄙的行为。

Xiànhài tóngshì shì hěn bēibǐ de xíngwéi.

Framing a colleague is a despicable act.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 陷害

请把这个消息传达给每一位 同事 。

Qǐng bǎ zhège xiāoxi chuándá gěi měi yí wèi tóngshì.

Please pass this message on to every colleague.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 传达

在他最困难的时候, 同事 们给了他很多关怀。

Zài tā zuì kùnnan de shíhou, tóngshìmen gěi le tā hěn duō guānhuái.

When he was at his lowest, his colleagues showed him a great deal of care.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 关怀

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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 19 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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