The Chinese word 爱丽丝 (Àilìsī) is a phonetic transliteration formed to approximate the sounds of the English name "Alice." It is created by selecting individual Chinese characters not for their meanings, but primarily for their pronunciation: 爱 (Ài) for the initial "A" sound, 丽 (lì) for the "li" sound, and 丝 (sī) for the "ce/s" sound. This is a standard method in Chinese for rendering foreign names, where each syllable of the original name is matched with a character of similar sound, often resulting in a new, meaningful combination—in this case, the characters coincidentally evoke positive connotations like "love" (爱), "graceful" (丽), and "silken thread" (丝), though these meanings are secondary to the phonetic function.