No. 280 in Chinese
同志
"Comrade" or "same-minded person"; also colloquially used to mean "homosexual" in modern contexts in China.
In a sentence
同志们，今天我们要讨论一下这个项目的进展。
Comrades, today we will discuss the progress of this project.
The word '同志' here is used in its traditional sense of 'comrades', often employed in political or organizational contexts to refer collectively to members of the same group.
在当代文化中，“同志”这个词有时用于指同性恋者。
In contemporary culture, the word '同志' is sometimes used to refer to homosexual individuals.
In this sentence, '同志' is utilized in its modern informal usage within Chinese, connoting 'gay' or 'homosexual person' in a colloquial and community context.
那个时代，人们常常用‘同志’来互相称呼。
In that era, people often addressed each other as 'comrade'.
This refers to the historical usage of '同志' in formal and everyday speech during specific political periods.
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