colleague; co-worker

tóng shì

t+óng·2nd tonesh+ì·4th tone

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I really like my coworkers.

我确实喜欢我的同事。

He and a colleague who went to China later translated The New Testament into Chinese.

他跟一个去中国的同事后来把圣经中的新约翻译成中文。

This clothing is my coworker's, not mine.

这衣服是我同事的，不是我的。

His co-worker is English.

他的同事是英国人。

Tom and I aren't friends. We're just coworkers.

汤姆跟我不是朋友，我们只是同事。

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