HSK 6 · Society

同志 tóngzhì “comrade” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 同志 means

  1. comrade

Measure word 位 wèi · 一位同志 yí wèi tóngzhì

How to say 同志

  • 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志zhì4th tone, falling

同志 in a sentence

  1. 快步前进，同志们！

    Kuàibù qiánjìn, tóngzhìmen!

    Hurry on, comrades!

    Sentence #12271016 from Tatoeba

How 同志 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 志 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
志zhìaspiration
  • 士scholar · shì
  • 心heart · xīn

How to write 同志

同 6 strokes · 志 7 strokes

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

Words related to 同志

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同样tóngyàng · likewise胡同hútòng · lane

Words with 志

杂志zázhì · magazine标志biāozhì · sign志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer意志yìzhì · will志气zhìqì · aspiration

More words: Society & Law

调解tiáojiě · to mediate条款tiáokuǎn · clause条约tiáoyuē · treaty通缉tōngjī · to put on the wanted list统治tǒngzhì · to rule投票tóupiào · to vote投诉tóusù · to complain投降tóuxiáng · to surrender

FAQs

同志 (tóngzhì) means “comrade”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tóngzhì: tóng with a 2nd tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 同志 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 位 (wèi). For example, one comrade is 一位同志 (yí wèi tóngzhì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tongzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 同志 from the suggestions. Typing tongzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
同志 is an HSK 6 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.