# 同窗
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tóngchuāng
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tung$^4$ coeng$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thùng-chhûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông-chhong
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$don-tshaon
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tóngchuāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄨㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tóngchuang
*** Wade–Giles: tʻung$^2$-chʻuang$^1$
*** Yale: túng-chwāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngchuang
*** Palladius: тунчуан (tunčuan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tung$^4$ coeng$^1$
*** Yale: tùhng chēung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tung$^4$ tsoeng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tung$^4$ cêng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thùng-chhûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tung$^ˇ$ cung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tung$^2$ cung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰuŋ¹¹ t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-chhong
*** Tâi-lô: tông-tshong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$don-tshaon
*** MiniDict: don$^去$ tshaon
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$don-tshaan
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡sʰɑ̃⁴⁴/

### Verb

同窗
* to study in the same school or class

#### Synonyms

* 同學／同学 (tóngxué)

### Noun

同窗
* schoolmate; classmate

#### Synonyms

* 冊友 / 册友 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 同學 / 同学 (tóngxué)
* 同硯 / 同砚 (tóngyàn) (literary)
* 同社 (tóngshè) (literary)
* 學友 / 学友 (xuéyǒu)
* 窗友 (coeng$^1$ jau$^{4-2}$) (Cantonese, dated)
* 齋友 / 斋友 (că̤-iēu) (Eastern Min, dated)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 同學, 同窗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 同學 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 同學, 同學的 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 同學 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 同學, 同窗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 同學 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 同學, 同窗 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 同學 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 同學 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 同學, 同窗 dated, 書友 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 書友, 同學 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 書友 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 書友, 同學 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 同學, 書友 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 同學 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 同學 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 同學 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 同學 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 同學 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 同學 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 同學 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 同學 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 同學 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 同學 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 同學 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 同學 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 同學, 齋友 dated |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 齋友, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 同學, 學生伴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 同學 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 同窗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 同窗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 同窗, 同學 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 同窗 dated |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 同學 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 同學 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 同學, 學友 dated |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 同學, 學友 dated |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 同學 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 同學 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 書友 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 同學, 書友 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai | 同學, 同窗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 同學 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Danyang | 同學 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 同學 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 同學 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 同學 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 同學 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 同學 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 同窓(どうそう) (dōsō)
* → Korean: 동창(同窓) (dongchang)

### References

* “同窗”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.