The Chinese word 尼日利亚 (Nírìlìyà) is a phonetic translation of the English name "Nigeria", formed through a common process in Chinese for rendering foreign proper nouns, where each character is chosen primarily for its sound rather than its meaning. The characters 尼 (ní), 日 (rì), 利 (lì), and 亚 (yà) approximate the syllables "Ni", "ge", "ri", and "a", respectively, with the final character 亚 (yà) serving as a conventional suffix for many country names (like 亚 in 亚细亚, Asia). Therefore, the term is a constructed phonetic borrowing, creating a recognizable and pronounceable label for the country within the Chinese linguistic system.