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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