> Do Chinese speakers use the language this way if there is a character they don't know how to write? I'm by no means an expert on the topic but one thing I ha

> Do Chinese speakers use the language this way if there is a character they don't know how to write? I'm by no means an expert on the topic but one thing I have noticed in learning Chinese languages is that there are a huge number of homophones. That means there are probably 20 other characters with the same pronunciation for any given syllable that are considered different words (not to get into it here but the conception of a word in Chinese languages can be a bit odd too). It seems to be very common for people to use the character for a similar sounding word or syllable to write slang words or local dialect words that don't have an official character.