同居

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	reside
simp. and trad. (同居)		同	居

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngjū

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ geoi¹
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tông-ku / tông-kir / tông-ki

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngjū
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjyu
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chü¹
    • Yale: túng-jyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjiu
    • Palladius: тунцзюй (tunczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ geoi¹
    • Yale: tùhng gēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ goey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ gêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-ku
    • Tâi-lô: tông-ku
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongkw
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-kir
    • Tâi-lô: tông-kir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-ki
    • Tâi-lô: tông-ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongky
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴/

Verb

同居

1. to live together; to cohabitate; to cohabit

Usage notes

Can refer to both friends or family living together, and couples, married or unmarried.

Antonyms

• 獨居／独居 (dújū)

Derived terms

• 同居人
• 同居各爨

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (同居):

• → Japanese: 同居(どうきょ) (dōkyo)
• → Korean: 동거(同居) (donggeo)
• → Vietnamese: đồng cư (同居)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	居
どう Grade: 2	きょ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーきょ [dòókyó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲo̞]

Noun

同(どう)居(きょ) • (dōkyo) 

1. coresidence

Verb

同(どう)居(きょ)する • (dōkyo suru) suru (stem 同(どう)居(きょ)し (dōkyo shi), past 同(どう)居(きょ)した (dōkyo shita))

1. to live together

Conjugation

Conjugation of "同居する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	同居し	どうきょし	dōkyo shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	同居し	どうきょし	dōkyo shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	同居する	どうきょする	dōkyo suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	同居する	どうきょする	dōkyo suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	同居すれ	どうきょすれ	dōkyo sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	同居せよ¹ 同居しろ²	どうきょせよ¹ どうきょしろ²	dōkyo seyo¹ dōkyo shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	同居される	どうきょされる	dōkyo sareru
Causative	同居させる 同居さす	どうきょさせる どうきょさす	dōkyo saseru dōkyo sasu
Potential	同居できる	どうきょできる	dōkyo dekiru
Volitional	同居しよう	どうきょしよう	dōkyo shiyō
Negative	同居しない	どうきょしない	dōkyo shinai
Negative continuative	同居せず	どうきょせず	dōkyo sezu
Formal	同居します	どうきょします	dōkyo shimasu
Perfective	同居した	どうきょした	dōkyo shita
Conjunctive	同居して	どうきょして	dōkyo shite
Hypothetical conditional	同居すれば	どうきょすれば	dōkyo sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	居

Noun

同居 • (donggeo) (hangeul 동거)

1. Hanja form^? of 동거 (“cohabitation”).