yīn yì hé yìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
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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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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音意合譯 音意合译 [yin1 yi4 he2 yi4] /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])/

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