HSK 3 · Family

同事 tóngshì “colleague” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 同事 means

  1. colleague
  2. co-worker

How to say 同事

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th tone, falling

同事 in a sentence

  1. 我确实喜欢我的同事。

    Wǒ quèshí xǐhuan wǒ de tóngshì.

    I really like my colleagues.

    Sentence #1420617 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 同事为我准备好了工作文件。

    Tóngshì wèi wǒ zhǔnbèi hǎo le gōngzuò wénjiàn.

    My colleague got the work files ready for me.

    Sentence #13906221 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他很努力工作，所以他的同事们都尊敬他。

    Tā hěn nǔlì gōngzuò, suǒyǐ tā de tóngshìmen dōu zūnjìng tā.

    He works really hard, so his colleagues all respect him.

    Sentence #2217191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 同事 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 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 同事

同 6 strokes · 事 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 同事

Words with 同

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

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing事先shìxiān · in advance

More words: People, Body & Health

客人kèrén · guest邻居línjū · neighbour奶奶nǎinai · grandma叔叔shūshu · father’s younger brother爷爷yéye · father’s father自己zìjǐ · oneself鼻子bízi · nose锻炼duànliàn · to exercise

FAQs

同事 (tóngshì) means “colleague” or “co-worker”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it tóngshì: tóng with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 同事 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 同事 from the suggestions. Typing tongshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
同事 is an HSK 3 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.