Chinese Language Learning Series: Common Homophones

Author: He Xinbo
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Homophones are an interesting phenomenon. So, what are homophones? When broken down, homophones are divided into two types: generalization and borrowing. Those where the pronunciation and meaning of the original character and the borrowed character are the same or similar. In summary, the common essence of homophones lies in their phonetic substitution. Specifically, they are further divided into three types: complete homophones, bisyllabic homophones, and reduplicated rhyme homophones, which are their respective individual characteristics. , complete homophones. This means the initial and final sounds of the homophone and the original character are the same. Second, bisyllabic homophones, where the initial sound of the homophone is the same as the original character, but the final sound is different. Third, reduplicated rhyme homophones, where the final sound of the homophone is the same as the original character, but the initial sound is different.