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Chinese (Mandarin)/Lesson 17/Examples
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These are the examples of basic heteronyms in Chinese.
Simplified (简) Traditional (繁) Pinyin 1 Example 1 Pinyin 2 Example 2 长 長 cháng 长度(length) zhǎng 长高(Growing taller) 行 行 xíng 行走(walk) háng 第一行(first row) 得 得 dé 得到(get) děi 总得(must) 还 還 hái 还要(still need) huán 还钱(return money) 好 好 hǎo 好棒(good) hào 好客(hospitable） 乐 樂 lè 快乐(happy) yuè 音乐(music) 觉 覺 jué 察觉(aware) jiào 睡觉(sleep) 看 看 kàn 看书(read book) kān 看门(look after the house) 少 少 shǎo 少量(little amount) shào 少女(young girl) 便 便 biàn 便利(convenient) pián 便宜(cheap) 重 重 zhòng 重物(heavy thing) chóng 重复(repeat) 发 發 fā 批发(Wholesale） fà 头发(hair) 调 調 tiáo 调味(Seasoning) diào 声调(tone) 切 切 qiē 切菜(cut vegetable) qiè 切记(must remember)