音译 yīn yì

transliteration; phonetic transcription

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 36470th word

Definitions

  1. 1. transliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters)
  2. 2. transcription (linguistics)
  3. 3. characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name (when the correct characters may be unknown)
  4. 4. to transcribe phonetic symbols

Characters

Character Meaning
音 yīn HSK 3
sound; tone; noise
译 yì HSK 4
to translate; to interpret