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]{bing1 kei4 lam4}, 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3]{long5 mou5 zau2}, 奶昔[nai3 xi1]{naai5 sik1} and 米老鼠[Mi3 Lao3 shu3]{mai5 lou5 syu2})
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1formation 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]{bing1 kei4 lam4}, 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3]{long5 mou5 zau2}, 奶昔[nai3 xi1]{naai5 sik1} and 米老鼠[Mi3 Lao3 shu3]{mai5 lou5 syu2})