No. 665 in Chinese
同事
Colleague.
In a sentence
我们公司有五十位同事。
Our company has fifty colleagues.
In this sentence, '同事' is used to refer to coworkers in general within an organization.
昨天和几个同事一起吃饭了。
Yesterday, I had a meal with several colleagues.
Here, '同事' refers to specific coworkers with whom a social interaction took place.
新来的同事是从国外来的。
The new colleague is from abroad.
In this sentence, '同事' is used as a singular noun to refer to a newly joined coworker.
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