The existing of the large amount of Homophones in Chinese are due to the change of phones,disunion of word meanings,introduction of foreign words,etc.

• 由于语音变化、词义分化、音译外来词等原因,汉语中产生大量的同音词,使得词义分化等产生的同音词之间的用法和意义出现相近或交叉现象,这种现象会引起同音词的混用、误用。