同tung4志zi3

English

1. comrade
2. person with the same spirit or ambition, particularly in the political sense
3. (slang) homosexual
4. comrade or "tongzhi", a title to one's fellow party member in KMT and CCP; customary title used between people in mainland China (similar to "mate")
5. homosexual person

量詞 — Classifiers

• 位wei4

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 同一志向嘅人；清末民初開始，開始專指同一政治志向嘅人
2. 中國國民黨員、中國共產黨員對黨友嘅稱呼；喺新中國成立後，亦成為人民日常普遍嘅稱呼
3. 同性戀者；會同同性發生戀情嘅人

Examples

• 小平同志

  Comrade Xiaoping (Deng)

• 同志平權

  equal rights for people of all sexual orientations

• 各位同志早晨！

  Good morning mates! ----

• 我唔係同志，不過我個男朋友係。

  I am not gay, but my boyfriend is.

  Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

• 我哋寧願死都唔會出賣自己嘅同志。

  We would rather die than sell out our comrades. ----

• 我是同志。

  I'm gay.

  Tatoeba · yuzazaza CC BY

• 你是同志。

  You're gay.

  Tatoeba · iiujik CC BY

• 向雷锋同志学习。

  Learn from Comrade Lei Feng.

  Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY