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协同 (xié tóng) — to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together

Definition

协同 stresses parties acting in a coordinated, mutually supportive way toward a shared goal — more unified and systematic than 合作. Unlike 勾结, it carries no negative sense.

verb
to cooperateto collaborateto work together

Examples

  • 协同。
    Bù tóng bù mén xū yào xié tóng pèi hé.
    Different departments need to cooperate and coordinate.
  • 协同。
    Liǎng jiā qǐ yè xié tóng wán chéng le zhè ge xiàng mù.
    The two companies completed this project through collaboration.
  • 协同，。
    Tuán duì zhī jiān xié tóng zuò zhàn, qǔ dé le shèng lì.
    The teams worked together and achieved victory.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

协xiécooperate
同tóngtogether

协 and 同 both point to working together, giving cooperation.

Characters in this word

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 協; 协 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 協 uses 劦, meaning 'to collaborate', plus 十 for sound; the simplified 协 is a later shorthand.

Open 协 →

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.

Open 同 →
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