同谋 (tóng móu) — to conspire; to be complicit | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

同谋 (tóngmóu) is a formal verb meaning to plot a crime together with someone else. As a noun it also means 'accomplice' — the person who conspires with you.

verb

to conspireto be complicit

Examples

同谋。
Tā men tóng móu cè huà le yì qǐ qiǎng jié àn.
They conspired to plan a robbery.
同谋。
Jǐng fāng huái yí tā tóng móu cān yù le nà qǐ zhà piàn.
The police suspect he was complicit in that fraud.
同谋。
Liǎng rén yīn tóng móu shā rén bèi dài bǔ.
The two were arrested for conspiring to commit murder.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

同tóngsame/together

同 gives same or together, and 谋 gives plotting.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 謀; 谋 is its simplified writing.

言某謀

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

某

某mǒu謀móu

Same sound today

The traditional form 謀 uses 言 to show it relates to speech and 某 to show its sound; the simplified 谋 is a later shorthand.

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