同濟

Chinese

		like; same; similar like; same; similar; together; alike; with	aid; ferry; frugal
trad. (同濟)		同	濟
simp. (同济)		同	济

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tóngjì

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tung⁴ zai³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶don-ci

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tóngjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tóngjì
  - Wade–Giles: tʻung²-chi⁴
  - Yale: túng-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: torngjih
  - Palladius: тунцзи (tunczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tung⁴ zai³
  - Yale: tùhng jai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tung⁴ dzai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: tung⁴ zei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɐi̯³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶don-ci
  - MiniDict: don^去 ci
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³don-ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /doŋ²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: duwng tsejH

Rime
Character	同	濟
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	東 (1)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	徒紅切	子計切
Baxter	duwng	tsejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duŋ/	/t͡sei^H/
Pan Wuyun	/duŋ/	/t͡sei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/duŋ/	/t͡sɛi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəwŋ/	/t͡sɛj^H/
Li Rong	/duŋ/	/t͡sei^H/
Wang Li	/duŋ/	/t͡siei^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱuŋ/	/t͡siei^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tóng	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tung⁴	zai³

Etymology 1

From German Deutsch (“German”), via Wu. Doublet of 德意志 (Déyìzhì).

Character choice influenced by 同舟共濟／同舟共济 (tóngzhōugòngjì, “having common interests (in this situation, between China and Germany)”).

Proper noun

同濟

(～大學) Tongji University (in Shanghai)
(～醫學院) Tongji Medical College (in Wuhan)
(～醫院) Tongji or Thong Chai Hospital (in several cities)

Etymology 2

Verb

同濟

(Classical) to cross a body of water in the same boat