Chinese Conversation · Level 73
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Chinese word
同音字
Pronunciation
Pinyintóng yīn zì
Meaning
- nounhomophone character
Example
同音字很容易让人误解意思。tóng yīn zì hěn róng yì ràng rén wù jiě yì si
Homophone characters can easily lead people to misunderstand the meaning.
More examples
写作时要注意不要把同音字写错。xiě zuò shí yào zhù yì bú yào bǎ tóng yīn zì xiě cuò
When writing, take care not to write homophone characters incorrectly.
Core concept
It is one pronunciation shared by different written characters, each with its own meaning.
Common phrases
辨别同音字biàn bié tóng yīn zì
identify homophone characters
区分同音字qū fēn tóng yīn zì
tell homophone characters apart
同音字的例子tóng yīn zì de lì zi
examples of homophone characters
Similar words
同音词tóng yīn cí: A word with the same pronunciation as another but different writing and meaning.
多音字duō yīn zì: A Chinese character whose different pronunciations carry different meanings.
谐音字xié yīn zì: A Chinese character used in wordplay because its sound is the same as or close to another sound.
近音字jìn yīn zì: A Chinese character whose partly similar pronunciation makes it easy to mishear.
Definition in Chinese
在汉字体系中，指读音完全相同但字形和意义各不相同的一组或多组汉字，强调的是发音一致这一属性。zài hàn zì tǐ xì zhōng zhǐ dú yīn wán quán xiāng tóng dàn zì xíng hé yì yì gè bù xiāng tóng de yì zǔ huò duō zǔ hàn zì qiáng diào de shì fā yīn yí zhì zhè yì shǔ xìng
Word origin
The compound 同 (tóng, "same") + 音 (yīn, "sound") + 字 (zì, "character") names characters that share pronunciation while remaining different in writing and meaning.
Usage tips
- In conversation, several characters can sound identical, so context or a written form often supplies information that pronunciation alone cannot.
Opposites
- 异音字yì yīn zìdifferent-sounding characternoun
Related words
- 同音词tóng yīn cíhomophonic wordnoun
- 同音tóng yīnhomophonicadjective