SiC ceramics have excellent properties and are widely used in various industries.However,the lack of toughness restricts their application as structural materials.Therefore,improving their toughness has become a research hotspot and focus.The research status of SiC composites toughened by different strengthening phases,such as particle phases,whiskers,fibers and low dimensional nano-materials(car-bon nanotubes and graphene),was reviewed,expecting to provide a reference for toughening SiC ceram-ics in the future.