jiè​yì

loan translation

  • created sense approved 借译/借譯 · jiè​yì · loan translation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借译 / 借譯

    jiè​yì

    loan translation

    loan translation; a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal translation of its components; to calque

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to borrow 译 (literal) → 译/譯 · yì · to translate

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense