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HSK 3

同意

to agree; to consent

verbneutral
同
tóng2nd tone
意
yì4th tone

HSK level

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Pinyin
tóngyì
Part of speech
verb
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
19
Register
neutral

Stroke order for 同意

同意 is written with 19 strokes (同: 6, 意: 13). The animation replays automatically.

What does 同意 mean?

同意 (tóngyì) is the standard verb for 'to agree' or 'to consent' — to share an opinion or to give permission.

It covers two distinct English ideas: agreeing with a view (我同意你的看法 'I agree with your view') and giving approval for something to happen (老板同意了 'the boss approved it'). Unlike English 'agree,' 同意 takes a direct object without a preposition: say 同意你 ('agree with you'), NOT 同意和你. The negative form 不同意 means 'disagree' or 'refuse to consent.' For lighter casual agreement ('yeah, totally') native speakers use 对 / 没错 / 是的; 同意 sounds slightly weighty, fitting for opinions, proposals, contracts, parental permission.

The noun 'agreement / consent' is also 同意 (e.g., 父母的同意 'parents' consent').

Character by character

同tóngsame; together
+
意yìidea; meaning; intent
=
同意

Memory hook: Same (同) idea (意) → to agree.

Example sentences

我同意你的想法。

Wǒ tóngyì nǐ de xiǎngfǎ.

I agree with your idea.

neutral

妈妈不同意我去。

Māma bù tóngyì wǒ qù.

Mom doesn't agree to let me go.

spoken

你同意这个计划吗？

Nǐ tóngyì zhè ge jìhuà ma?

Do you agree with this plan?

neutral

老师同意了我的请求。

Lǎoshī tóngyì le wǒ de qǐngqiú.

The teacher agreed to my request.

neutral

Common phrases with 同意

同意你tóngyì nǐagree with you
不同意bù tóngyìto disagree
完全同意wánquán tóngyìcompletely agree
表示同意biǎoshì tóngyìto express agreement
得到同意dédào tóngyìto get consent

Synonyms

答应dāying

答应 means 'to promise / agree to do something.' Use it when someone agrees to a request or task (他答应帮我 'he agreed to help me'). 同意 is about sharing an opinion or granting permission.

赞成zànchéng

赞成 means 'to support / be in favor of' (a proposal, plan). Stronger and more public than 同意 — voting in favor uses 赞成.

Don't confuse 同意 with

愿意yuànyì

愿意 means 'to be willing to' — a personal preference about doing something (我愿意帮你 'I'm willing to help you'). 同意 is agreement with a view or granting permission, not personal willingness.

同样tóngyàng

同样 means 'the same / likewise' — an adverb. 同意 is a verb meaning to agree. Don't substitute.

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