共同

Meaning(adverb, distinguishing word)

common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative

共同 + verb (共同努力); 共同 + 的 + noun (共同的目标).

Examples

• 我们有很多共同的爱好。

  wǒ men yǒu hěn duō gòng tóng de ài hào.

  We have a lot of hobbies in common.

• 这是大家共同的努力。

  zhè shì dà jiā gòng tóng de nǔ lì.

  This is the result of everyone's joint effort.

• 两个国家共同举办了这次活动。

  liǎng gè guó jiā gòng tóng jǔ bàn le zhè cì huó dòng.

  The two countries co-hosted the event.

Easily confused

• 社区 — Though read cộng đồng in Sino-Vietnamese, 共同 means 'common, jointly'; Vietnamese cộng đồng (community) is 社区 or 社会.

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