formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋[bing1 qi2 lin2], 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3], 奶昔[nai3 xi1] and 米老鼠[Mi3 Lao3 shu3])
trad. 音意合譯
Also written 音意合譯【yīn yì hé yì】
Characters in this word
4音
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sound, noise, note (of musical scale), tone, news, syllable, reading (phonetic value of a character)
- Pinyin
- yīn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9526 of 2500
意
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(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense, (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind, (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- Pinyin
- yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8987 of 2500
合
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100 ml, one-tenth of a peck, measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗
- Pinyin
- gě
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 6863 of 2500
译
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to translate, to interpret
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 譯
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 26965 of 2500