HSK 4 · Function Words

共同 gòngtóng “common” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 共同 means

  1. common
  2. joint
  3. jointly
  4. together
  5. collaborative

How to say 共同

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale共gòng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale同tóng2nd tone, rising

共同 in a sentence

  1. 我跟她有很多共同点。

    Wǒ gēn tā yǒu hěn duō gòngtóngdiǎn.

    I have a lot in common with her.

    Sentence #11698188 from Tatoeba

  2. 游泳池由住在附近的孩子们共同使用。

    Yóuyǒngchí yóu zhù zài fùjìn de háizimen gòngtóng shǐyòng.

    The swimming pool is shared by the children who live nearby.

    Sentence #333984 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 音乐是人类共同的语言。

    Yīnyuè shì rénlèi gòngtóng de yǔyán.

    Music is the common language of humanity.

    Sentence #10272583 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 共同 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 共 (gòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
共gòngcommon
  • 廾two hands · gǒng
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidTwo hands 廾 holding something up together: together, shared.

The character 同 (tóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
同tónglike
  • 凡any · fán
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidPicture everyone 凡 speaking with one mouth 口: the same, together.

How to write 共同

共 6 strokes · 同 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

共同 (gòngtóng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 共同 (gòngtóng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 共同

Words with 共

公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus一共yígòng · altogether共gòng · altogether总共zǒnggòng · altogether共鸣gòngmíng · resonance共计gòngjì · to total共和国gònghéguó · republic

Words with 同

同学tóngxué · classmate同事tóngshì · colleague同意tóngyì · agree不同bùtóng · different同时tóngshí · at the same time相同xiāngtóng · the same同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with同样tóngyàng · likewise胡同hútòng · lane合同hétong · (business) contract

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份fèn · measure word for portions否则fǒuzé · otherwise刚gāng · just各gè · each故意gùyì · deliberately光guāng · light互相hùxiāng · each other接着jiēzhe · next

FAQs

共同 (gòngtóng) means “common” or “joint”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gòngtóng: gòng with a 4th tone, then tóng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 共同 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongtong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 共同 from the suggestions. Typing gongtong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
共同 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.