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The word "乔治" is formed through the process of phonetic borrowing from a foreign language, specifically to transcribe the sound of the name "George". It is constructed by selecting two existing Chinese characters, "乔" (qiáo) and "治" (zhì), whose combined pronunciation approximates the original foreign name. The individual meanings of the characters are largely irrelevant to their function here; they serve purely as phonetic symbols. These characters are then cemented together as a fixed, inseparable unit used exclusively to refer to that specific name, demonstrating how Chinese incorporates foreign terms by sound-matching with its own syllabic inventory.
Example Sentences Hide
乔治喜欢跑步。
乔治每天去学校。
乔治的弟弟叫汤姆。
乔治在学习中文和数学。
乔治计划明年去中国旅行。