The Chinese word "易卜拉欣" is formed by phonetically transliterating the name "Ibrahim" into characters chosen for their sound values: "易" (yì) approximates "I", "卜" (bǔ) for "b", "拉" (lā) for "la", and "欣" (xīn) for "him", resulting in a sequence that mimics the original pronunciation without regard to the meanings of the individual characters.