谐音 (諧音)
xié yīn
Pinyin

Definition

谐音 (諧音)
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xié yīn
  1. homonym
  2. homophone
  3. harmonic (component of sound)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

声音
shēng yīn
  1. 1 voice
  2. 2 sound
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
语音
yǔ yīn
  1. 1 speech sounds
  2. 2 pronunciation
  3. 3 colloquial (rather than literary) pronunciation of a Chinese character
  4. 4 phonetic
  5. 5 audio
  6. 6 voice
  7. 7 (Internet) to voice chat
  8. 8 voice message
音
yīn
  1. 1 sound
  2. 2 noise
  3. 3 note (of musical scale)
  4. 4 tone
  5. 5 news
  6. 6 syllable
  7. 7 reading (phonetic value of a character)
音乐
yīn yuè
  1. 1 music
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 曲 qǔ
  4. 4 classifier: 段 duàn
五音不全
wǔ yīn bù quán
  1. 1 tone deaf
  2. 2 unable to sing in tune

Idioms (3)

空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
  1. 1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

Sample Sentences

鸡和季节的季谐音啦，所以是四季都发财的意思。
jī hé jìjié de jì xiéyīn la ，suǒyǐ shì sì jì dōu fācái de yìsi 。
The character "雞" meaning rooster and the character "季" meaning season are near homonyms, so it means I hope you make a fortune in all four seasons.
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最后起名字要遵守一些常识，第一，忌讳祖先和先贤的名字；其次，不用生冷字；再次，少用多音字；最后，忌不雅的谐音。
zuìhòu qǐ míngzì yào zūnshǒu yīxiē chángshí ，dì yī ，jìhuì zǔxiān hé xiānxián de míngzi ；qícì ，bùyòng shēnglěngzì ；zàicì ，shǎo yòng duōyīnzì ；zuìhòu ，jì bùyā de xiéyīn 。
Finally when figuring out a name you need to respect some common principles. First of all, avoid using taboo names, like those of your ancestors or distinguished sages from the past; secondly, don't use obscure characters; additionally, don't use characters with more than one pronunciation; and finally, avoid homophones of vulgar words.
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谐音
xiéyīn
Similar sound.
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因为伞和散是谐音，散有分离的意思。
yīnwèi sǎn hé sàn shì xiéyīn ，sàn yǒu fēnlí de yìsi 。
Because "san" and "san" have the same sound. "San" means "to separate."
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这还不简单，唐和"Town" 谐音，所以叫"唐人街" 咯。
zhè hái bù jiǎndān ，táng hé "Town " xiéyīn ，suǒyǐ jiào "tángrén jiē " lo 。
Isn't it simple? ``Tang" and ``town" sound alike, so they're called ``China-towns." Duh!
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886”是再见的意思，英文的谐音。“94”是“就是”。
bābāliù ”shì zàijiàn de yìsi ，Yīngwén de xiéyīn 。“jiǔsì ”shì “jiùshì ”。
``886" means ``bye-bye," mimicking English. ``94" means ``precisely."
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这样子”。爷爷，您看，除了这些，这里还有一些是数字谐音，比如886，94。
zhèyàngzi ”。yéye ，nín kàn ，chúle zhèxiē ，zhèlǐ hái yǒu yīxiē shì shùzì xiéyīn ，bǐrú bābāliù ，jiǔsì 。
``Zheyangzi." Grandpa, look. Besides these, there are also some numerical approximations, like 886 and 94.
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不是，这些都是有道理的。很多是谐音，比如说“偶”是“我”的意思，“稀饭”就是“喜欢”。您看，我这里写的“偶稀饭”就是“我喜欢”。
bù shì ，zhèxiē dōu shì yǒu dàolǐ de 。hěn duō shì xiéyīn ，bǐrú shuō “ǒu ”shì “wǒ ”de yìsi ，“xīfàn ”jiùshì “xǐhuan ”。nín kàn ，wǒ zhèlǐ xiě de “ǒu xīfàn ”jiùshì “wǒ xǐhuan ”。
No, it all makes sense. A lot of it is similar pronunciation, like ``ou" meaning ``wo," and ``xifan" for ``xihuan." Look, where it says ``ou xifan" right here means ``wo xihuan."
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