yīn

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common
linguistics

Meaning of 译音

译音 means to transliterate; to represent words of one language using sounds from another language; transliteration; a sound or word produced by transliteration. Pronounced yì yīn.

  • to transliterate; to represent words of one language using sounds from another language
  • transliteration; a sound or word produced by transliteration

Definitions & Examples

 
sofas
bèio
f
yīna
 
chéng
shā
 
 
 
 
 
 

'Sofa' was transliterated as 'shāfā.'

Zhè
wài
shì
àn
yīn
fān
de
 

This foreign word was translated using the transliteration method.

Shāng
biāo
míng
chēng
tōng
cháng
cǎi
yòng
yīn
de
fāng
shì
jìn
Zhōng
guó
shì
chǎng
 

Brand names usually enter the Chinese market through transliteration.

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