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音意合译

yīn yì hé yì

Definitions

  1. 1. formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋[bīng qí lín], 朗姆酒[lǎng mǔ jiǔ], 奶昔[nǎi xī] and 米老鼠[mǐ lǎo shǔ])

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