yīn

technical
common

Meaning of 音译

音译 means to transliterate; to translate phonetically (as opposed to semantic translation). Pronounced yīn yì.

  • to transliterate; to translate phonetically (as opposed to semantic translation)

Definitions & Examples

 
Shā
 
shì
Yīng
 
sofas
deo
yīnf
a
 
 
 
 
 

“Shafa” is a transliteration of the English word “sofa.”

Hěn
duō
wài
lái
míng
dōu
cǎi
yòng
yīn
de
fāng
 

Many foreign nouns adopt the method of transliteration.

Yīn
shì
fān
zhōng
chǔ
wài
lái
de
liǎng
zhǒng
zhǔ
yào
fāng
shì
 

Transliteration and free translation are the two main methods for handling loanwords in translation.