HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Adverbs

同样 tóngyàng “likewise” in Chinese

Traditional 同樣

What 同样 means

  1. likewise
  2. the same
  3. equal
  4. similar
  5. similarly
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • also
  • too

How to say 同样

  • 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样yàng4th tone, falling

同样 in a sentence

  1. 请给我同样的东西。

    Qǐng gěi wǒ tóngyàng de dōngxi.

    I’ll have the same, please.

    Sentence #787608 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他总是犯同样的错误。

    Tā zǒngshì fàn tóngyàng de cuòwù.

    He keeps making the same mistake.

    Sentence #1329973 from Tatoeba

  3. 同样感谢你。

    Tóngyàng gǎnxiè nǐ.

    Thank you too.

    Sentence #5624987 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 同样 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 样 (yàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
样yàngmanner
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàng.

How to write 同样

同 6 strokes · 样 10 strokes

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

Words related to 同样

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

Words with 样

怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it那样nàyàng · that kind这样zhèyàng · this kind of一样yíyàng · the same怎样zěnyàng · how样子yàngzi · appearance样式yàngshì · type模样múyàng · appearance样品yàngpǐn · sample榜样bǎngyàng · role model

More words: Adverbs & Degree

看来kànlái · it seems不用búyòng · no need to常cháng · often全quán · whole就是jiùshì · exactly已yǐ · already好好hǎohǎo · properly再次zàicì · once again

FAQs

同样 (tóngyàng) means “likewise” or “the same”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it tóngyàng: tóng with a 2nd tone, then yàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 同样 is written 同樣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 同样 from the suggestions. Typing tongyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
同样 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older 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.