同意
to agree; to consent
HSK level
- Pinyin
- tóngyì
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 19
- Register
- neutral
- In episodes
- 3
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
Memory hook: Same (同) idea (意) → to agree.
Hear 同意 in real episodes
同意 appears in 3 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed, 2 of them below. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
信里还说：如果你们同意，我们就给每户人家一万美元。
The letter also said: if you agree, we'll give every household ten thousand dollars.
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他本来想开在旧金山，那里的人不同意。
He originally wanted to open it in San Francisco, and the people there said no.
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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
Synonyms
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 means 'to support / be in favor of' (a proposal, plan). Stronger and more public than 同意 — voting in favor uses 赞成.
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