Definition
同音 is a linguistic term meaning 'homophony' — when two or more words sound the same but differ in meaning or writing. As a noun it names this phenomenon (homophony), but it's most commonly used attributively before nouns like 字 (character) or 词 (word) to form 同音字 (homograph-homophone) and 同音词 (homophonic word), so you'll often see it acting like an adjective even though it's a noun.
n.
homophony (the phenomenon of words sounding the same)(attributive) homophonicsharing the same pronunciation
Examples
- 同音，“”“”。Hànyǔ li yǒu hěn duō tóng yīn zì, bǐrú “gōng” hé “gōng”.There are many homophonous characters in Chinese, such as '工' and '公'.
- 同音。tóng yīn xiànxiàng zài shīgē zhōng cháng bèi yòng lái zhìzào shuāngguān xiàoguǒ.The phenomenon of homophony is often used in poetry to create puns.
- 同音。Zhè liǎng ge cí de tóng yīn guānxì ràng wǒ zài tīnglì kǎoshì zhōng xuǎn cuò le dá'àn.The homophonic relationship between these two words made me choose the wrong answer in the listening test.
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