Chinese

同事

tóngshì
coworker; colleague
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 5

Etymology graph

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Origin

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Lineage

  • characterChinese同 “same; identical”
    • simplified fromChinese衕 “passageway; lane; alley”
      • meaningChinese行 “to walk”
        • componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
        • componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”
  • characterChinese事 “thing; matter (Classifier: 件 m c; 樁／桩 m; 回 m; 條／条 mn-t)”
    • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
    • ideaChinese中 “middle; center”

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