If homophones seem confusing to you, you’re not the only one.

如果同音词让你感到困惑，没关系，不止是你一个人。

Chinese in Braille is based on pinyin, not characters. But the language is replete with homophones.

中文盲文是在拼音系统，而不是汉字结构基础上建立起。是中文里有很多同音异形词。

This word is a homophone, that means it sounds the same as this word.

这个词是一个同音词，也就是说，它和这个词听起一样。

If you Peek at my script, you'll know what homophones I want to talk about.

如果你偷看过我脚本，就知道我想说什么同音异义词了。

Jokes. What makes them funny? You know, it's those homophones and double entendres.

笑话为什么好笑？就是因为那些同音字和双关。

They're homophones. To catch all of the videos in this 30-day challenge, be sure to sign up for my mailing list. It's absolutely FREE.

它们是同音异形词。如果你想观看这次30所有视频，记得订阅我邮件，它是全免费。

So that you can spend some time after the quiz just looking into these different words, see how they're used, maybe especially compare them to the other homophones that I'm going to share with you on screen now.

这样你就以在测验之后花一些时间研究这些不同单词，了解它们用法，尤其是将它们与我现在要在屏幕上与你分享其他同音异形词进行比较。

Context also helps guide us towards the intended meaning of words with multiple interpretations, like " bat, " or " crane, " or in cases of homophones like " no" or " know."

语境也能引导我们正确地理解多义词，比如 “bat（蝙蝠/球棒）” 或 “crane（鹤/起重机）”，或者同音字，比如 “no（不）” 和 “know（知道）”。

By saying only their kidnapping could cause such a mistake, the writer drives home that they would never mix up these homophones.

创作者意思是，只有他们被绑架才导致这样拼写错误，作者强调他们绝不混淆这些同音异形异义词。

You see, so they, they are homophones, they sound exactly the same, but they have two very different meanings.

看到吗？它们是同音词，听起完全一样，但它们意思完全不同。

Now, homophones can be difficult to learn, and the reason is because they sound exactly the same.

同音词能很难学习，因为它们听起完全一样。

I actually have a very long video that goes over many homophones in American English, you can click here to see it, or check the video description.

我另外有一个很长视频专门讲在美国英语许多同音词，您以点击这里查看，或查看视频说明。

So, if you think a word might be a homophone, read or listen to the words around it very carefully. That will help you get a better idea what word it is and how to spell it.

因此，如果你认为一个单词能是同音字，你应该非常仔细地阅读或聆听其周围单词。这样以帮助你更好地听懂这个单词是什么以及如何拼写。

So, I thought I'd make a five part series all about the most common homophones and how to pronounce them so you can avoid those sorts of mistakes.

我想我要做一个五部分系列视频介绍最常见同音词以及它们如何发音，这样你就以避免这些错误。

This is why English is crazy and this is why I'm here to help you, because we have a homophone.

这就是为什么英语是疯狂，这就是为什么我在这里帮助你，因为我们有一个同音字。

A homophone is a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning and spelling.

同音异形异义词是指一个词听起像另一个词，但有不同意义和拼写。

There's more about homophones at bbclearningenglish. com. Join us again for more 6 Minute Vocabulary.

BBC英语学习网，欢迎访问更多。欢迎再次收听六分钟词汇学习。

So, this is the second in a five part series all about the most commonly mispronounced homophones.

本集视频是五集系列第二集，关于最常见发音错误同音词。

Number 38. Actually, we’re going to do 38 and 39 at the same because they’re homophones!

其实，我们打算把38和39放在一起讲，因为他们是同音词！

Homophones are quite simply words that sound exactly the same but have very different meanings.

同音词就是听起完全一样，但词义非常不一样词。