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同事 tóngshì

同事 tóngshì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 同事 tóngshì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tóngshì | tong2 shi4
English translation
colleague
co-worker
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi]

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Traditional form

同事 tóngshì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 同事 tóngshì

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tóng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a bucket or tube, now written as tǒng . kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value.

Positional decomposition

凡口

Number of Strokes

6
shì

Explanation

The characters Shǐ (history), (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand ( yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

Positional decomposition

⿻⿳一口彐亅

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 同事 tóngshì

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zhè wèi 青年 qīng nián 惹恼 rě nǎo le 几乎 jīhū 所有 suǒyǒu de 同事 tóngshì —— gǎn 肯定 kěndìng shì zài 自讨苦吃 zì tǎo kǔ chī .

The young man has annoyed almost all his fellow workersI'm sure he's riding for a fall.

哈里森抱怨 bàoyuàn shuì de 同事 tóngshì 联手 lián shǒu 对付 duìfu

Harrison complained that his colleagues ganged up on him.

lǎo qǐng bìng jiǎ 同事 tóngshì men 认为 rènwéi 所说 de bìng 纯属 chún shǔ 无中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu

She was always taking days off for what her colleagues considered phantom illnesses.

内尔 de 同事 tóngshì men shuì 实际上 shí jì shàng zài shuì xiào 逗乐 dòu lè 心情 xīnqíng 不错 bù cuò

Neil's colleagues say he was actually in a joking, upbeat mood.

一有 huì 同事 tóngshì men jiù huì 侮辱 wǔrǔ 他们 tā men

Their colleagues insulted them whenever the opportunity presented itself.

同事 tóngshì Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 同事 tóngshì and their own compounds.

同事 tóngshì Compounds

See all 38 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 同事 tóngshì in their composition.

  • tóng
    • dòng
    • xìn
    • xìng
      • xìng
    • xìn
    • tǒng , tóng , tóng , tóng , dòng , dòng , dòng , dòng , , dòng , dòng , tóng , cuàn , tōng , tóng , tóng , tóng , , , , , , , , , , , , , tóng , ,
  • shì
    • ,
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