What has two wings and an arrow?

The joke “What has two wings and an arrow? A Chinese telephone” is a play on words and a visual pun. This joke hinges on the imagery and sound of the words involved. Traditionally, “two wings and an arrow” might make one think of a bird or some kind of flying object. However, the punchline “A Chinese telephone” shifts the context to a phonetic play. The joke is that “two wings and an arrow” sounds like “tu wing and an arro,” which is a play on the stereotypical mispronunciation or accent in English by a Chinese speaker, referencing the difficulty in pronouncing the ‘r’ and ‘l’ sounds. It’s a pun based on phonetic similarity, albeit one that relies on cultural stereotypes about language and pronunciation.