letter word; alphabetic term
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
word containing Western letters; alphabetic loanword; letter word
technicalRefers to modern Chinese words that incorporate Latin letters (A-Z), such as 'DVD' or 'AA制'. This is a linguistic term for a category of borrowings and mixed script words common in contemporary Chinese.
DD
VV
DD
、
CC
EE
OO
、
AA
AA
zhì制
dōu都
shì是
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
zì字
mǔ母
cí词
。
DVD, CEO, and 'AA system' are all common letter words.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
tǎo讨
lùn论
le了
zì字
mǔ母
cí词
duì对
xiàn现
dài代
hàn汉
yǔ语
de的
yǐng影
xiǎng响
。
This article discusses the impact of alphabetic loanwords on modern Chinese.
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TT
xù恤
hé和
XX
guāng光
yǐ已
jīng经
chéng成
wéi为
hàn汉
yǔ语
zhōng中
de的
cháng常
yòng用
cí词
。
'T-shirt' and 'X-ray' have already become common words in Chinese.