HSK 4 · Emotions

同情 tóngqíng “to sympathise with” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 同情 means

  1. to sympathise with
  2. sympathy

How to say 同情

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale同tóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale情qíng2nd tone, rising

同情 in a sentence

  1. 我不需要你的同情。

    Wǒ bù xūyào nǐ de tóngqíng.

    I don’t need your sympathy.

    Sentence #10306021 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 虽然我很同情他，但却帮不上忙。

    Suīrán wǒ hěn tóngqíng tā, dàn què bāng bu shàng máng.

    Although I feel sorry for him, I can’t help him.

    Sentence #364358 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我不是不同情你，但我实在是无能为力。

    Wǒ bú shì bù tóngqíng nǐ, dàn wǒ shízài shì wúnéngwéilì.

    It’s not that I don’t sympathise with you, but there’s really nothing I can do.

    Sentence #1179621 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 同情 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 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.

The character 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

How to write 同情

同 6 strokes · 情 11 strokes

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

Words related to 同情

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共同gòngtóng · common同样tóngyàng · likewise胡同hútòng · lane合同hétong · (business) contract

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance感情gǎnqíng · emotion心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene激情jīqíng · passion

More words: Emotions & Feelings

失望shīwàng · disappointed受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable态度tàidu · attitude讨厌tǎoyàn · to dislike无聊wúliáo · bored羡慕xiànmù · to envy心情xīnqíng · mood辛苦xīnkǔ · exhausting

FAQs

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