Dictionary/谐音

谐音 諧音

xié yīn

ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄣ
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1homonym
2homophone
3harmonic (component of sound)

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Example

zài在zhōng wén中文lǐ miàn里面,jiǎo zi饺子hé和“jiāo交zǐ子”xié yīn谐音,yīn ér因而jù yǒu具有fēng fù丰富de的wén huà文化hán yì涵义。
在中文里面,饺子和“交子”谐音,因而具有丰富的文化涵义。
In Chinese, 'dumpling' and 'first exchange' are homophones, so they have a rich cultural association.