形译 in English xing2 yi4 Meaning

Meanings

  • derivation of a Chinese borrowed word from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (for example: 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")

Simplified Characters

形 译

Traditional Characters

形 譯

Pinyin

xing2 yi4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

形xing2to appear 译yi4to translate