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转录 zhuǎn lù transcription / to make a copy of a recording
音译 yīn yì transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters) / characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown) / transcription (linguistics) / to transcribe phonetic symbols
支那 Zhī nà phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory
译音 yì yīn phonetic transcription / transliteration
嗪 qín used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
威利 Wēi lì Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
反转录 fǎn zhuǎn lù (molecular biology) reverse transcription
反录病毒 fǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus
标音法 biāo yīn fǎ phonetic transcription / system of representing spoken sounds
注音法 zhù yīn fǎ phonetic transcription / system of representing spoken sounds
逆转录病毒 nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú reverse transcription virus / retrovirus
缅甸文委员会拉丁转写法  Myanma Language Commission Transcription System / MLC Transcription System
转录机  transcription machine
㹢 jiā used in the transcription of "okapi" 㺢㹢狓[huo4 jia1 pi1]
㺢 huò used in the transcription of "okapi" 㺢㹢狓[huo4 jia1 pi1]
吥 bù used for transcription in 嗊吥|唝吥[Gong4 bu4]
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])
闹太套 nào tài tào (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" &ndash / English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5])
唝 gòng used for transcription in 嗊吥|唝吥[Gong4 bu4]
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