HSK 4 · Adjectives

相同 xiāngtóng “the same” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 相同 means

  1. the same
  2. identical

How to say 相同

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale相xiāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale同tóng2nd tone, rising

相同 in a sentence

  1. 你和我有相同的想法。

    Nǐ hé wǒ yǒu xiāngtóng de xiǎngfǎ.

    You and I have the same idea.

    Sentence #895655 from Tatoeba

  2. 你又犯了相同的错误。

    Nǐ yòu fàn le xiāngtóng de cuòwù.

    You have made the very same mistake again.

    Sentence #775786 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 这些餐巾颜色相同，但大小不同。

    Zhèxiē cānjīn yánsè xiāngtóng, dàn dàxiǎo bùtóng.

    These napkins are the same colour but different sizes.

    Sentence #1325068 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 相同 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 相 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
相xiāngeach other
  • 木tree · mù
  • 目eye · mù

Memory aidAn eye 目 looking at a tree 木: to look at, and so “each other”.

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 相同

相 9 strokes · 同 6 strokes

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

Words related to 相同

Words with 相

相信xiāngxìn · to believe照相zhàoxiàng · to take a photo相机xiàngjī · camera照相机zhàoxiàngjī · camera相反xiāngfǎn · opposite互相hùxiāng · each other相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)相似xiāngsì · similar相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively

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同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with共同gòngtóng · common同样tóngyàng · likewise胡同hútòng · lane合同hétong · (business) contract

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顺利shùnlì · smoothly特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)危险wēixiǎn · danger香xiāng · fragrant详细xiángxì · detailed严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave勇敢yǒnggǎn · brave

FAQs

相同 (xiāngtóng) means “the same” or “identical”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xiāngtóng: xiāng with a 1st 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. 相同 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangtong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 相同 from the suggestions. Typing xiangtong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
相同 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.