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Definitions4 characters
yin1 yi4 he2 yi4
formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. bing¹ qi² lin², lang³ mu³ jiu³, nai³ xi¹ and Mi³ Lao³ shu³)
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

1
yin1
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])
2
yi4
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])
3
he2
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])
4
yi4
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])