I came across this funny post which has a “hidden message”. Native Chinese would get it immediately but I was curious if Chinese learners are able to read it.
Hint: these 4 characters doesn’t actually exist and it’s 8 characters when you read it out loud.
(Btw these are not legit characters, you wouldn’t be able to find it in the dictionary nor type it out.)
https://instagram.com/p/DJy6N4SzAMt/
Another example of something similar would be -
This is a really cool share, I honestly don’t know but hazarding a guess it’s something about wanting to start work and missing it?
Otherwise I’m not, would love to hear more!
By the way this is one of the reasons why I really love studying Chinese. No matter how much you know and learn, characters always have a way of providing fascinating stories with deep meanings.
I’m so glad Mandarin was the first foreign language I studied, never stop learning!
It’s actually “不想上班 那就别上”
I feel like it’s similar to the concept of “I’m tyipng tihs inocrrcetly in Egnlsih but you prboably still get it”
That word is from “招财进宝” (or “招財進寶” in Traditional Chinese). You’ll usually see it during Chinese New Year or in shops.
Btw “compound” character is just a term I made up to describe it. I think these are more like graphic wordplays
I couldn’t have been more wrong then 
Now I’ve seen it, it’s so hard to unsee and I’m kicking myself!!
Thank you SO much for sharing this! I have never commented before, but I found this really interesting. I very much agree with Max - things like this are what keep me wanting to learn more Mandarin.
While in Dali, Yunnan, last year I saw this sign and enjoyed the joke. While this is obviously nowhere near the complexity of what you shared, I love seeing the clever ways characters can be used for word play.
Lot of time for this one! Thanks for sharing
If you’re interested in more of similar examples you can search for “谐音梗” which is basically Chinese puns 
Thanks for tip! Will have to take a bit more time searching. Despite being HSK 4 level the initial results were way over my head!
I feel like Taiwanese people have a whole different level of humour - this guy’s name is 鄭方型 （郑方型 in Simplified Chinese）which sounds like 正方形 (rectangle)
There’s a lot of puns in this street interview - more in the comments too
Thanks! I’ll have a little look and see what there is to decode 
Oh that is so cool! I got the first half but totally missed the second half 
