The Chinese word "毕加索" (Bìjiāsuǒ) is a direct phonetic transliteration of the surname "Picasso," specifically referring to the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is formed by selecting three Chinese characters whose modern Mandarin pronunciations closely approximate the three syllables of the foreign name—"毕" (Bì) for "Pi," "加" (jiā) for "ca," and "索" (suǒ) for "sso"—with no regard for the individual meanings of the characters (which respectively mean "to finish," "to add," and "rope/large"). This is a standard method in Chinese for borrowing proper nouns, creating a purely sound-based representation within the constraints of the Chinese syllabic system.