&gt;There are about 10-30 homophones for each pinyin &quot;word&quot;.<p>Yep, example<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;yīn#Mandarin" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wiktionary.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;yīn#Mandarin</a>