The Chinese word 引力 (yǐnlì), meaning "gravity" or "attractive force", is a compound formed by combining two meaningful characters: 引 (yǐn), which means "to pull" or "to attract", and 力 (lì), which means "force" or "strength". Together, they create a logical and semantically transparent term that literally translates to "attracting/pulling force", perfectly capturing the fundamental nature of gravity as a force that draws objects together. This formation follows the common Chinese morphological pattern of combining independent, meaningful morphemes to generate new, precise terminology, particularly for scientific concepts.