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同志

tóngzhì

“Comrade” in Chinese is 同志 (tóngzhì).

Meaning

  • comrade
  • (slang) homosexual

Example

向雷锋同志学习。

Learn from Comrade Lei Feng.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 通知 (tōngzhī, to notify) · 统治 (tǒngzhì, to rule (a country))