共同 (gòng tóng) — common, shared, joint
Definition
共同 (gòngtóng) is the everyday adjective 'common, shared, joint' for things held or done by several parties. Unlike 公共 ('public' — for everyone in society), 共同 points to a specific group sharing something. Pairs with nouns like 兴趣, 目标, 努力.
adjective
commonsharedjoint
Examples
- 共同。Tā men zhǎo dào le gòng tóng de xìng qù.They found a common interest.
- 共同。Wǒ men yào gòng tóng nǔ lì wán chéng zhè ge rèn wu.We must work together to finish this task.
- 共同。Zhè liǎng gè bù mén gòng tóng fù zé zhè ge xiàng mù.These two departments are jointly responsible for jointly responsible for this project.
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