同情

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (同情)		同	情
simp. #(同情)		同	情

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tóngqíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ cing⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chhìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang⁵ cêng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tóngqíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tóngcíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chʻing²
    • Yale: túng-chíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchyng
    • Palladius: тунцин (tuncin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tung⁴ cing⁴
    • Yale: tùhng chìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ tsing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ qing⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chhìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tungˇ qinˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tung² qin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chêng
    • Tâi-lô: tông-tsîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongzeeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang⁵ cêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng tshêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

同情

1. to sympathize; to empathize; to commiserate

   同情弱者  ―  tóngqíng ruòzhě  ―  to have sympathy for the weak

Usage notes

Like English sympathize, 同情 (tóngqíng) can denote both being affected by other people's misfortunes and approving of other people's actions.

Synonyms

• 可憐／可怜 (kělián)
• 哀憐／哀怜 (āilián)
• 哀矜 (āijīn) (literary)
• 心疼 (xīnténg)
• 悲憫／悲悯 (bēimǐn)
• 惻隱／恻隐 (cèyǐn) (formal)
• 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)
• 憐憫／怜悯 (liánmǐn)

 

Derived terms

• 同情心 (tóngqíngxīn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	情
どう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

同(どう)情(じょう) • (dōjō) ^{←どうじやう (douzyau)?}

1. sympathy

Verb

同(どう)情(じょう)する • (dōjō suru) ^{←どうじやう (douzyau)?}intransitive suru (stem 同(どう)情(じょう)し (dōjō shi), past 同(どう)情(じょう)した (dōjō shita))

1. to sympathise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "同情する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	同情し	どうじょうし	dōjō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	同情し	どうじょうし	dōjō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	同情する	どうじょうする	dōjō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	同情する	どうじょうする	dōjō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	同情すれ	どうじょうすれ	dōjō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	同情せよ¹ 同情しろ²	どうじょうせよ¹ どうじょうしろ²	dōjō seyo¹ dōjō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	同情される	どうじょうされる	dōjō sareru
Causative	同情させる 同情さす	どうじょうさせる どうじょうさす	dōjō saseru dōjō sasu
Potential	同情できる	どうじょうできる	dōjō dekiru
Volitional	同情しよう	どうじょうしよう	dōjō shiyō
Negative	同情しない	どうじょうしない	dōjō shinai
Negative continuative	同情せず	どうじょうせず	dōjō sezu
Formal	同情します	どうじょうします	dōjō shimasu
Perfective	同情した	どうじょうした	dōjō shita
Conjunctive	同情して	どうじょうして	dōjō shite
Hypothetical conditional	同情すれば	どうじょうすれば	dōjō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
同	情

Noun

同情 • (dongjeong) (hangeul 동정)

1. Hanja form^? of 동정 (“sympathy”).