同事tóngshìcolleague
- Theme
- Work
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 14
- Characters
- 2
How 同事 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
他是我的同事。
Tā shì wǒ de tóngshì.
He is my colleague.
- 他tāhe
- 是shìto be
- 我wǒI
- 的depossessive particle
- 同事tóngshìcolleague
我和同事一起吃饭。
Wǒ hé tóngshì yìqǐ chī fàn.
I eat with my colleagues.
- 我wǒI
- 和héand
- 同事tóngshìcolleague
- 一起yìqǐtogether
- 吃chīto eat
- 饭fànmeal; cooked rice
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 同时
- 同学tóngxuéclassmate
- 事情