The Chinese term "弗洛伊德" (Fúluòyīdé) is a direct phonetic transliteration of the surname "Freud," created to approximate its German pronunciation during the early 20th century when Western psychological and philosophical works were being introduced to China. It follows the common practice of using characters that sound similar to the original syllables ("Fu-luo-yi-de") while typically choosing characters with neutral or positive connotations (though here they are largely phonetic), and it has become the standardized, universally recognized rendering for Sigmund Freud in Chinese language and scholarship.