duō
yīn

technical
common

Meaning of 多音字

多音字 means polyphonic character; a character with more than one pronunciation. Pronounced duō yīn zì.

  • polyphonic character; a character with more than one pronunciation

Definitions & Examples

 
zhòng
 
shì
cháng
jiàn
de
duō
yīn
 
zuò
zhòngz
huòh
chóngò
 n
 g
 
 c
 h
 ó
 n
 g
 

"重" is a common polyphonic character; it can be read as zhòng or chóng.

Xué
Hàn
shí
 
zhǎng
duō
yīn
de
tóng
yīn
hěn
zhòng
yào
 

When learning Chinese, it's important to master the different pronunciations of polyphonic characters.

Lǎo
shī
zhèng
zài
jiǎng
jiě
 
hǎo
 
zhè
duō
yīn
de
liǎng
zhǒng
yòng
 

The teacher is explaining the two usages of the polyphonic character "好".

Duō
yīn
yǒu
shí
huì
zào
chéng
yuè
shí
de
kùn
huò
 

Polyphonic characters can sometimes cause confusion during reading.

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