The Chinese word 戴安娜 (Dài'ānnà) is a phonetic transcription, formed through the common practice of transliterating foreign names and terms by selecting Chinese characters whose pronunciations closely approximate the original sounds—in this case, "Diana." Each character (戴, 安, 娜) was chosen not for its meaning, but for its syllable sound (dai, an, na), collectively creating a recognizable sonic match to the English name while conforming to the phonetic and syllabic structure of Mandarin Chinese.