# 同情
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóngqíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ cing$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chhìn
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dang$^5$ cêng$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$don-zhin$_6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóngqíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóngcíng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$-chʻing$^2$
*** Yale: túng-chíng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchyng
*** Palladius: тунцин (tuncin)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ cing$^4$
*** Yale: tùhng chìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ tsing$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ qing$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chhìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: tung$^ˇ$ qin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tung$^2$ qin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sʰin¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chêng
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tsîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzeeng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dang$^5$ cêng$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tâng tshêng
*** Sinological IPA : /taŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰeŋ⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$don-zhin$_6$
*** MiniDict: don$^去$ zhin$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$don-xxin$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² ʑin⁴⁴/

### Verb

同情
* to sympathize; to empathize; to commiserate
    同情弱者 ― tóngqíng ruòzhě ― to have sympathy for the weak

#### Usage notes

Like English sympathize, 同情 (tóngqíng) can denote both being affected by other people's misfortunes and approving of other people's actions.

#### Synonyms

* 可憐／可怜 (kělián)
* 哀憐／哀怜 (āilián)
* 哀矜 (āijīn) (literary)
* 心疼 (xīnténg)
* 悲憫／悲悯 (bēimǐn)
* 惻隱／恻隐 (cèyǐn) (formal)
* 憐惜／怜惜 (liánxī)
* 憐憫／怜悯 (liánmǐn)
* 矜憫／矜悯 (jīnmǐn) (literary)
* 罪過／罪过 (Wu)

#### Derived terms

* 同情心 (tóngqíngxīn)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 同 | 情 |
| どう Grade: 2 | じょう Grade: 5 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) どーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [do̞ːʑo̞ː]

### Noun

同(どう)情(じょう) • (dōjō)
* sympathy

### Verb

同(どう)情(じょう)する • (dōjō suru) intransitive suru (stem 同(どう)情(じょう)し (dōjō shi), past 同(どう)情(じょう)した (dōjō shita))
* to sympathise

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 同情し | どうじょうし | dōjō shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 同情し | どうじょうし | dōjō shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 同情する | どうじょうする | dōjō suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 同情する | どうじょうする | dōjō suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 同情すれ | どうじょうすれ | dōjō sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 同情せよ¹ 同情しろ² | どうじょうせよ¹ どうじょうしろ² | dōjō seyo¹ dōjō shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 同情される | どうじょうされる | dōjō sareru |
| Causative | 同情させる 同情さす | どうじょうさせる どうじょうさす | dōjō saseru dōjō sasu |
| Potential | 同情できる | どうじょうできる | dōjō dekiru |
| Volitional | 同情しよう | どうじょうしよう | dōjō shiyō |
| Negative | 同情しない | どうじょうしない | dōjō shinai |
| Negative continuative | 同情せず | どうじょうせず | dōjō sezu |
| Formal | 同情します | どうじょうします | dōjō shimasu |
| Perfective | 同情した | どうじょうした | dōjō shita |
| Conjunctive | 同情して | どうじょうして | dōjō shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 同情すれば | どうじょうすれば | dōjō sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 同 | 情 |

### Noun

同情 • (dongjeong) (hangeul 동정)
* hanja form of 동정 (“sympathy”)