同 tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
同伙
tónghuǒ
accomplice; associate in wrongdoing
Characters in this word
伙 huǒ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 火 fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 警方认为他不是单独行动，而是与两名同伙共同策划了诈骗。 Jǐngfāng rènwéi tā bú shì dāndú xíngdòng, ér shì yǔ liǎng míng tónghuǒ gòngtóng cèhuà le zhàpiàn. The police believe he did not act alone, but planned the fraud with two accomplices.
- 他供出了同伙的名字，希望能减轻处罚。 Tā gòngchūle tónghuǒ de míngzi, xīwàng néng jiǎnqīng chǔfá. He gave away the names of his accomplices, hoping to reduce his punishment.
- 警方怀疑他还有同伙，正在进一步调查。 Jǐngfāng huáiyí tā hái yǒu tónghuǒ, zhèngzài jìnyībù diàochá. The police suspect that he has accomplices and are carrying out further investigation.