Chinese phrase
我和〜是同事 wǒ hé 〜 shì tóng shì
Meaning
I am ___'s colleague
When to use it
States that the speaker and another person are colleagues. It identifies a professional relationship and often provides context for working together or handling a request.
Example dialogue
客户刚才问到，我和李经理是同事，所以这次可以一起跟进。 kè hù gāng cái wèn dào wǒ hé lǐ jīng lǐ shì tóng shì suó yǐ zhè cì ké yǐ yì qǐ gēn jìn
The client asked about it earlier. Manager Li and I are colleagues, so we can follow up together this time.
那合作起来会方便很多。 nà hé zuò qǐ lái huì fāng biàn hěn duō
Then working together will be much easier.