Phrase
also called phonetic loan
phrase
假借
a character borrowed for its phonetic value to represent a foreign word, often losing its original meaning
In use
In Chinese etymology, when a character is borrowed purely for its sound to represent a different word, it is also called phonetic loan.
The character '来' originally meant 'wheat', but it was later used to mean 'come' because of similar pronunciation; this usage is also called phonetic loan.
Many common Chinese characters, such as '我' and '你', originated from pictographs but were repurposed through sound borrowing, a process also called phonetic loan.
[subject] is also called phonetic loan
主语通常是语言学中的某个术语或概念。
This character formation is also called phonetic loan.
这种造字法也叫假借。
[subject], also called phonetic loan, [verb phrase]
这种用法中，‘也叫假借’用作插入语，修饰主语。
The Chinese character '来', also called phonetic loan, originally meant wheat.
汉字‘来’，也叫做假借，原意是小麦。
Common mistakes
Many English words are phonetic loans from French.Many English words are loanwords from French.
phonetic loan 是指汉字造字法中的假借，而英语借词应使用 loanword（借词）。
The character 来 is a phonetic loan.The character 来 is a phonetic loan character.
假借字在英文中常称为 phonetic loan character，省略 character 会导致概念模糊。
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