"Loanword" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 外来语 | wài lái yǔ | loanword |  |
| 外来词 | wài lái cí | loanword | |
| 借词 | jiè cí | loanword / pretext | |
| 正太 | zhèng tài | young, cute boy / derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zheng4 tai4 kong4] | |
| 形译 | xíng yì | derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai") | |
| 义译 | yì yì | formation of a loanword using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1 yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1 wen2 ben3], 火車|火车[huo3 che1]) | |
| 音意合译 | yīn yì hé yì | 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]) | |
