不同bù tóngdifferent
不同 (bù tóng) means "different." It appears in 我们的想法不同。 (Our ideas are different.) and 这两本书不同。 (These two books are different.) In the dialogue, A and B disagree about where to go tomorrow. Then A notices that the two books on the table are different.
What does 不同 mean?
- 1.
differentadjective
What do the characters in 不同 mean?
- 不(bound form) not; un-
- 同same
How do you use 不同?
See it in 想法不同 and 两本书不同
What are some examples of 不同 in a sentence?
How is 不同 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
明天我想去北京,你呢?
Míngtiān wǒ xiǎng qù Běijīng, nǐ ne?
Tomorrow I want to go to Beijing. What about you?
- Speaker B:
我想去上海。我们的想法不同。
Wǒ xiǎng qù Shànghǎi. Wǒmen de xiǎngfǎ bùtóng.
I want to go to Shanghai. Our ideas are different.
- Speaker A:
你看桌子上的书,这两本书不同。
Nǐ kàn zhuōzi shang de shū, zhè liǎng běn shū bùtóng.
Look at the books on the table. These two books are different.
- Speaker B:
对,一本是中文书。
Duì, yì běn shì Zhōngwén shū.
Right, one is a Chinese book.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.