志同道合

Chinese

		the will	like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk	to close; to gather; to join to close; to gather; to join; to fit; all; together
trad. (志同道合)		志	同	道	合
simp. #(志同道合)		志	同	道	合
Literally: “purposes join [along the] same path”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìtóngdàohé

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ tung⁴ dou⁶ hap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ-thùng-tho-ha̍p

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìtóngdàohé
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhtóngdàohé
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-tʻung²-tao⁴-ho²
    • Yale: jr̀-túng-dàu-hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhtorngdawher
    • Palladius: чжитундаохэ (čžitundaoxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ tung⁴ dou⁶ hap⁶
    • Yale: ji tùhng douh hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ tung⁴ dou⁶ hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ tung⁴ dou⁶ heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ tou̯²² hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ-thùng-tho-ha̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii tung^ˇ to hab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi⁴ tung² to⁴ hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹ tʰo⁵⁵ hap̚⁵/

Idiom

志同道合

1. to have common interests and goals