Are the "h" in pinyin always pronounced as "[x]" in IPA? Chinese (Mandarin) use [x] to pronounce h sound. It does not have any sounds such as [h] and [ɸ].

However, I'm not sure if it is fine to assume that all the h in pinyin are pronounced as [x]. According to this question and the answer, [x] is the standard sound, but is there any case to use a different sound on the h in pinyin? If so, how can I know if it is pronounced as such, given that it is generally impossible to know which IPA sound is used in Chinese words?
Yes, h = [x] (also ㄏ in bopomofo).



Wikipedia has an entire chart entitled Help:IPA/Mandarin that lists consonants:


  


and vowels 


  




Many old dictionaries, especially topolectical dictionaries, used IPA or a simplified version of IPA.

Consider Li Rong's (李荣) edited Great Dictionary of Modern Chinese Dialects (现代汉语方言大词典). Here's an example from《哈尔滨方言词典》:


  


Here you can clearly see 火 is:


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You can also see that the other terms are also written using IPA, albeit slightly simplified.