Abstract: In Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Language, synonyms is a language point which is not easy to grasp, and it is also
a very important content. The study of synonym teaching can be started from three aspects. The first is the ontology research of Chinese
synonyms, the second is the analysis of synonyms in Chinese international education, and the third is the analysis of the principles and
strategies of synonym teaching. The teaching principles can be summarized into four aspects: applicability, operability, regularity, and
pertinence. The teaching strategies mainly consider graded teaching and corresponding teaching methods.

Key words: synonyms, international students, Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Language, graded teaching