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Do you know any simple 双关语 or 谐音?
I want to learn more about puns in Chinese. I'm trying to learn some puns that I could use in normal conversations, but I'm having trouble finding ones I really understand.

Do you know any 双关语 or 谐音 that you would use or hear in a normal conversation?
Feb 8, 2020 3:19 AM
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加油:
1,literally: refuel. If your car is getting out of fuel, you need to stop by a 加油站
2,"come on!". Here it means to make an extra effort. If you want to cheer someone up, say 加油!

吃醋:
1,literally means "to eat vinegar/ vinegar sauce". 你喜欢吃醋吗?
2,mostly used as an expression for describing someone as a "jealous person".
(btw, there are loads of 双关语 and 谐音 with 吃: 吃苦/ 吃香/ 吃豆腐。。。)

马上
1,"on a house":你不可以骑马上公路。
2, "immediately": 我马上就打电话给他。

Feel free to contact me, if you need more such expressions:)
February 8, 2020
hi, yes, 谐音are not very popular in daily life, so lets see the example for 双关语, like 备胎,which is means Spare tire, it also means someone who have relationship , your are the second choise of her or she.
for example: 他有女朋友,你只是他的备胎而已。
hope it is useful
February 8, 2020
That's not difficult ~~~!!
双关语 : homonym 谐音:synonym
For example : 双关语 “方便” 1.convenient “算账” 1.calculate the bill
2.go to the wash room 2.penalize you for your responsibility
“包袱” 1.bags
2.encumbrance
谐音 for pinyin "li" 力 : power 利 :profit 立 : stand
"ge" 哥 : brother 歌 :song 鸽 : pigeon

You konw that there are not so many pronunciations in mandarin so there more synonyms than homonyms~~~~!!
February 8, 2020