The Chinese word "伊芙" is a phonetic loanword, formed through transliteration to approximate the sound of a foreign name, most commonly "Eve" or "Yvonne". It is constructed by selecting two existing Chinese characters, "伊" (yī) and "芙" (fú), whose combined pronunciation closely matches the original name's syllables. This process prioritizes sound over meaning, as the individual characters' meanings (e.g., "he/she" for 伊 and "lotus" for 芙) are typically irrelevant; they serve purely as phonetic symbols to represent the name within the Chinese phonological system.