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question about "乐" while typing with the pinyin input, I found that both le4 and yue4 become this same character (乐), both meaning music in the dictionary. why is this?
Aug 8, 2014 3:55 PM
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It's a 【duoyinzi 多音字】It means a word have one or two or more pronunciation.【yue】means music,【le】means happy
August 8, 2014
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多音字: one character has more than one pronunciation. 乐(le):happy-----快乐 乐趣 欢乐 乐(yue):music------音乐 乐器
August 8, 2014
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樂 - This is how beautiful the word looks. 乐 - This is the simplified character. 值得麼?
August 8, 2014
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sometimes one symbol has two or more readings and thus two or more meanings
August 11, 2014
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歡樂 = [huanle] = happy
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Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, English, French
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