共同

Chinese

 
all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total
 
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
simp. and trad.
(共同)

Pronunciation


Adjective

共同

  1. mutual; common; joint; collaborative
    共同理想   gòngtóng lǐxiǎng   common ideals

Adverb

共同

  1. together; jointly; in collaboration

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (共同):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 4
どう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きょーどー [kyòódóó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲo̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

共同 (hiragana きょうどう, rōmaji kyōdō)

  1. cooperation; collaboration
     () (ほん)今年 (ことし) (べい) (かん) (きょう) (どう) (ぐん) () (えん) (しゅう) (さん) ()した。
    Nihon wa kotoshi, beikan kyōdō gunji enshū ni sanka shita.
    Japan participated in the US-Korea military drills this year.
Antonyms

Verb

共同する (hiragana きょうどうする, rōmaji kyōdō suru)

  1. to cooperate, to collaborate
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From 共同通信社 (Kyōdō Tsūshinsha, Kyodo News)

Pronoun

共同 (hiragana きょうどう, rōmaji Kyōdō)

  1. Kyodo News, Short for 共同通信社.

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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