| 谐音 | xié yīn | homonym / homophone / harmonic (component of sound) |  |
| 同音词 | tóng yīn cí | homophone / homonym | |
| 凉拌 | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4]) | |
| 隐君子 | yǐn jūn zi | recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict |  |
| 戴表 | dài biǎo | to wear a watch / homophone for 代表[dai4 biao3] used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC | |
| 声训 | shēng xùn | explaining a character or word by using a homophone | |
| 小韵 | xiǎo yùn | homophone group (group of homophone characters, in a rhyme book) | |
| 茅坑里点灯 | máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng | (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3]) | |
| 吃藕 | chī ǒu | (slang) unattractive / ugly (derived from near homophone 醜|丑[chou3]) | |
