This is the 280th most frequent Chinese word.
同志
"Comrade" or "same-minded person"; also colloquially used to mean "homosexual" in modern contexts in China.
In this sentence, '同志' is utilized in its modern informal usage within Chinese, connoting 'gay' or 'homosexual person' in a colloquial and community context.
在当代文化中，“同志”这个词有时用于指同性恋者。
In contemporary culture, the word '同志' is sometimes used to refer to homosexual individuals.
This refers to the historical usage of '同志' in formal and everyday speech during specific political periods.
那个时代，人们常常用‘同志’来互相称呼。
In that era, people often addressed each other as 'comrade'.
The word '同志' here is used in its traditional sense of 'comrades', often employed in political or organizational contexts to refer collectively to members of the same group.