[Chathamization]

> I guess you could write down 景茶 (jing3cha2) and rely on the phonetics, or use a different word if you know one, but it's still wrong on a level that "choclit" just isn't.

If a non-native did this in their own way would likely look wrong, but Chinese natives do occasionally use phonics to write or to substitute some characters with others.

[naming_the_user]

Yeah I agree with this. It's also super common in Pinyin to just typo and choose the wrong character through autocomplete.

I'm strictly referring to the handwritten language here, basically I don't think there is an analogue in alphabetic languages.