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同学 (tóng xué): Schoolmate (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

同学 consists of 2 characters.

same, identical, together

to study, to learn, or knowledge

Word Info

Pinyintóng xué

Meaningschoolmate; classmate

Characters2

HSK 2.0Level 1

HSK 3.0Level 1

SyntaxNoun

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电视diàn shìTV
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一点儿yī diǎn era bit
对不起duì bu qǐsorry
医生yī shengdoctor
多少duō shaohow much/many?
分钟fēn zhōngminute
星期xīng qīweek
上午shàng wǔmorning
睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
先生xiān shengMr; Sir
爸爸bà bafather

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 同学.

Words with 同

不同bù tóngHSK 3
同事tóng shìHSK 3
同意tóng yìHSK 3
共同gòng tóngHSK 4
同情tóng qíngHSK 4
同时tóng shíHSK 4

同样

tóng yàng

HSK 4

相同xiāng tóngHSK 4

Words with 学

上学shàng xuéHSK 1
中学zhōng xuéHSK 1
大学Dà xuéHSK 1
学习xué xíHSK 1
学校xué xiàoHSK 1
学生xué shengHSK 1
小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1
中学生zhōng xué shēngHSK 1

3.

How to Use 同学 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 同学 with other words naturally.

Verb + Objectwith帮助

bāng帮

zhù助

tóng同

xué学

neutral

help classmates

Measure Word + Nounwith位

yí一

wèi位

tóng同

xué学

Adjective + Nounwith老

lǎo老

tóng同

xué学

neutral

old classmate

Noun + Postpositionwith之间

tóng同

xué学

zhī之

jiān间

4.

Example Sentences with 同学

tā他

shì是

wǒ我

de的

tóng同

xué学

。

neutral

a classmate

neutral

between classmates

He is my classmate.

zhè这

shì是

wǒ我

de的

tóng同

xué学

。

This is my classmate.

wǒ我

hé和

tóng同

xué学

yī一

qǐ起

qù去

xué学

xiào校

。

I go to school together with my classmates.

míng明

tiān天

wǒ我

hé和

tóng同

xué学

qù去

kàn看

diàn电

yǐng影

。

Tomorrow I will go to see a movie with my classmate.

qǐng请

gè各

wèi位

tóng同

xué学

zhǔn准

shí时

cān参

jiā加

huì会

yì议

。

Please, all students, attend the meeting on time.

wǒ我

hé和

tóng同

xué学

yì一

qǐ起

xué学

xí习

hàn汉

yǔ语

。

I study Chinese with my classmates.

nǐ你

de的

tóng同

xué学

jīn今

tiān天

lái来

shàng上

kè课

le了

ma吗

？

Did your classmate come to class today?

tā他

bú不

shì是

wǒ我

de的

tóng同

xué学

，

shì是

wǒ我

de的

péng朋

yǒu友

。

He is not my classmate; he is my friend.

wǒ我

de的

tóng同

xué学

lái来

zì自

bù不

tóng同

de的

guó国

jiā家

，

wǒ我

men们

jīng经

cháng常

hù互

xiāng相

bāng帮

zhù助

。

My classmates come from different countries, and we often help each other.

wǒ我

de的

tóng同

xué学

hé和

lǎo老

shī师

dōu都

hěn很

yǒu友

hǎo好

。

Both my classmates and my teacher are very friendly.