Definition
相同 (xiāngtóng) is a formal adjective meaning 'identical, the same,' used in writing and formal speech. It is more formal than the everyday word 一样 (yīyàng), which is also used in comparisons (像...一样). 同样 (tóngyàng) is similar but often placed before a noun (同样的方法 'the same method').
adjective
sameidentical
Easily confused
- 相通xiāng tōngsound-aliketo be connected (of spaces, passages)
Examples
- 相同。Zhè liǎng běn shū de nèiróng xiāng tóng.The content of these two books is the same.
- 相同。Wǒmen de xiǎngfǎ xiāng tóng.Our ideas are the same.
- 相同。Tāmen chuān de yīfu yánsè xiāng tóng.The color of the clothes they wear is the same.
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