Chinese symbol for “concurrent”
同期
tóng qī
the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for concurrent is 同期 (tóng qī), defined as: the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “concurrent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 平行 | píng xíng | parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively); on an equal footing; on the same level |
| 共时 (共時) | gòng shí | synchronic; concurrent |
| 并发 (併發) | bìng fā | to happen simultaneously; (medicine) (of one disease) to be complicated by (another); (of another disease) to erupt simultaneously |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 同期.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同时 (同時) | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 共同 | gòng tóng | common; joint |
| 同样 (同樣) | tóng yàng | same; equal; similar; similarly; also; too |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
See also: Japanese symbol for “concurrent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.