共同 gòngtóng▶ común

Stroke order

共同 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 共 — 6 strokes
• 同 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. common
2. joint
3. jointly
4. together
5. collaborative

Example sentences

• 我们有共同的爱好。Wǒmen yǒu gòngtóng de àihào.We have a common hobby.
• 这是我们共同的家。Zhè shì wǒmen gòngtóng de jiā.This is our shared home.

Related words

• 同情Simpatía
• 同时mientras tanto
• 相同idéntico
• 一共Completamente
• 合同contrato
• 同事Colega

共同 is pronounced gòngtóng and means “común”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 共同 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.