同音

tóngyīn

adjective #13,463

Meanings

1 homophonous; having the same pronunciation
2 (music) unison

Characters

same; identical

sound; pronunciation

Examples

买和卖不是同音字。

Mǎi hé mài bù shì tóngyīnzì.

'Buy' and 'sell' are not homophones in Chinese.

中文里有很多同音词。

Zhōngwén lǐ yǒu hěn duō tóngyīncí.

There are many homophones in Chinese.

Tips

culture

Homophones are culturally important in Chinese. Many taboos and lucky customs are based on 同音 — e.g. 4 (sì) sounds like 死 (death), and fish (鱼 yú) sounds like 余 (surplus), making it a New Year symbol.

Stroke Order

同 tóng

音 yīn