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    Expressing 'to be the same' with 同 (tóng)

    Comparison
    Connecting Ideas

    Structure

    同 + 一 + Measure Word + Noun

    Explanation

    同 (tóng) means "same," "identical," or "together with." It is used to indicate that two or more things share a common quality or belong to the same category. It appears frequently in formal writing and compound words like 同一 (the same) and 同时 (at the same time).

    Examples

    • 我们两个的想法完全相同，太默契了。

      wǒmen liǎng gè de xiǎngfǎ wánquán xiāngtóng, tài mòqì le.

      Our ideas are exactly the same — we're so in sync.

    • 他和我同一年出生，但比我大两个月。

      tā hé wǒ tóng yì nián chūshēng, dàn bǐ wǒ dà liǎng gè yuè.

      He was born in the same year as me, but two months earlier.

    • 这两件衣服颜色相同，款式不一样。

      zhè liǎng jiàn yīfú yánsè xiāngtóng, kuǎnshì bù yíyàng.

      These two pieces of clothing are the same color but different in style.

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