音意合译

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])

Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])

100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]

variant of 合[he2]

sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character)

to translate / to interpret