同袍

Chinese edit

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	gown (lined)
simp. and trad. (同袍)		同	袍

Etymology edit

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 133 (《詩經·秦風·無衣》):

豈曰無衣？與子同袍。
王于興師，脩我戈矛，與子同仇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

岂曰无衣？与子同袍。
王于兴师，脩我戈矛，与子同仇。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Qǐ yuē wú yī? Yǔ zǐ tóngpáo.
Wáng yú xīng shī, xiū wǒ gē máo, yǔ zǐ tóng chóu. [Pinyin]

How shall it be said that you have no clothes? I will share my long robes with you.
The king is raising his forces; I will prepare my lance and spear, And will be your comrade.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngpáo

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ pou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngpáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄆㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngpáo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-pʻao²
  - Yale: túng-páu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngpaur
  - Palladius: тунпао (tunpao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ pou⁴
  - Yale: tùhng pòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ pou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ pou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ pʰou̯²¹/

Noun edit

同袍

fellow soldier
(literary) comrade; companion; colleague; friend
(literary, used between a couple) one's own spouse
(literary) brother
Participants and supporters of the Hanfu Movement

Synonyms edit

(comrade): 袍子

友好 (yǒuhǎo)
執友／执友 (zhíyǒu) (literary)
好友 (hǎoyǒu)
相知 (xiāngzhī)
知交 (zhījiāo)
知友 (zhīyǒu)
知己 (zhījǐ)
知心 (zhīxīn)
知心朋友 (zhīxīn péngyou)
知言 (zhīyán) (literary)
知遇 (zhīyù) (literary)
知音 (zhīyīn)
良朋 (liángpéng) (literary)
良知 (liángzhī)
高朋 (gāopéng) (literary)
齒輪／齿轮 (ci³ nen²) (Sichuanese)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (同袍):

→ Korean: 동포(同袍) (dongpo)