Definition
同形 is a linguistic term referring to words or characters that share the same written form (字形相同) but have different meanings and often different pronunciations or origins. For example, 长 can be read as cháng (long) or zhǎng (to grow). It is distinct from 同音词 (homophones) and 同义词 (synonyms). Note: the correct pronunciation is tóng xíng, though the source pinyin here is incomplete.
n.
(linguistics) homographhomoformhomomorph (same written form with different meanings)
Examples
- ，同形。Xuéxí yǔyánxué shí, nǐ xūyào qūfēn tóng hé tóngyīncí.When studying linguistics, you need to distinguish homographs from homophones.
- 同形，。Zhè liǎng gè zì shì tóng, dàn dúyīn wánquán bùtóng.These two characters are homographs, but their pronunciations are completely different.
- 同形。Zìdiǎn lǐ lièchū le suǒyǒu chángjiàn de tóng cí.The dictionary lists all common homograph words.
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