Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

諧音

xiéyīn

ㄒㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄣ

Simplified 谐音

  1. 1homonym
  2. 2homophone
  3. 3harmonic (component of sound)
Example

在中文裡面,餃子和“交子”諧音,因而具有豐富的文化涵義。

zài Zhōngwén lǐmiàn jiǎozi hàn jiāo zǐ xiéyīn yīnér jùyǒu fēngfù de wénhuà hányì

In Chinese, 'dumpling' and 'first exchange' are homophones, so they have a rich cultural association.

Keep 諧音 and it comes back until you know it.

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