There are lots of homophonic puns and poetry in Chinese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophoni

There are lots of homophonic puns and poetry in Chinese: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chinese http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chi... One of the more extreme examples is a 92-character poem in which every syllable has the sound chi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_D... And also of note to Hacker News, homophone characters are one way social media users evade Chinese keyword filters and censorship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chinese#Circumventing_internet_censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophonic_puns_in_Mandarin_Chi...