同音词 (tóng yīn cí) — homophone (words with same pronunciation but different characters and meanings); homonym (words with same pronunciation and same character but different meanings)
Definition
A 同音词 is a pair of words that sound the same but differ in characters (e.g. 是/事) or in meaning with the same character. Studying them matters because Chinese has no alphabet — spelling won't tell them apart.
noun
homophone (words with same pronunciation but different characters and meanings)homonym (words with same pronunciation and same character but different meanings)
Examples
- 同音词，“”“”。Hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu hěn duō tóng yīn cí, bǐ rú "shì" hé "shì".There are many homophones in Chinese, such as 'shì' (to be) and 'shì' (matter).
- 同音词。Xué xí tóng yīn cí shí yào zhù yì tā men de zì xíng hé yòng fǎ qū bié.When studying homophones, you need to pay attention to their character forms and usage differences.
- 同音词。Zhè běn cí diǎn shōu lù le cháng jiàn de tóng yīn cí.This dictionary includes common homophones.
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