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		sanqui on Jan 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary sc... Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same way. These words use different tones.

FabHK on Jan 9, 2019 | [–]

Good point.

Beyond that, FWIW, homophones are words that are pronounced the same way. Homonyms are pronounced and spelt the same way. I guess in the context of Chinese (where disambiguation by character is the big issue), one should speak of homophones?

simplify on Jan 9, 2019 | [–]

There are four tones. The poem has 33 unique words.

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