formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋【bīngqílín】, 朗姆酒【lǎngmǔjiǔ】, 奶昔【nǎixī】 and 米老鼠【MǐLǎoshǔ】)
formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋【bīngqílín】, 朗姆酒【lǎngmǔjiǔ】, 奶昔【nǎixī】 and 米老鼠【MǐLǎoshǔ】)