derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")
trad. 形譯
Also written 形譯【xíng yì】
Characters in this word
2形
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to appear, to look, form, shape
- Pinyin
- xíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15635 of 2500
译
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to translate, to interpret
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 譯
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 26965 of 2500