同社

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	society; group
simp. and trad. (同社)		同	社

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngshè
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-shê⁴
    • Yale: túng-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngsheh
    • Palladius: туншэ (tunšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/

Noun

同社

1. (literary) people from the same village, town, city or province
2. (literary) members of the same association
3. (literary) schoolmate; classmate

Synonyms

• (people from the same village):

• 同鄉／同乡 (tóngxiāng)
• 老鄉／老乡 (lǎoxiāng)
• 鄉人／乡人 (xiāngrén)
• 鄉親／乡亲 (xiāngqīn)
• 黨人／党人 (dǎngrén) (literary)

 

• (schoolmate):

• 同學／同学 (tóngxué)
• 同硯／同砚 (tóngyàn) (literary)
• 同窗 (tóngchuāng)
• 學友／学友 (xuéyǒu)
• 窗友 (coeng¹ jau^4-2) (Cantonese, dated)
• 齋友／斋友 (că̤-iēu) (Eastern Min, dated)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	社
どう Grade: 2	しゃ Grade: 2
kan’yōon	kan’on

Alternative spelling
同社 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 同(どう) (dō-, “same”) + 社(しゃ) (sha, “firm, company; shrine”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ど​ーしゃ [dóꜜòshà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːɕa̠]

Noun

同(どう)社(しゃ) • (dōsha) ^{←どうしや (dousya)?}

1. the same firm or the previously mentioned firm or company
2. the same shrine or the previously mentioned one

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	社

Noun

同社 • (dongsa) (hangeul 동사)

1. Hanja form^? of 동사 (“the same company or firm”).