The Chinese word "爱德华" is a phonetic transliteration formed to approximate the sounds of the foreign name "Edward". It is constructed by selecting three pre-existing Chinese characters (爱 ài, 德 dé, 华 huá) not for their individual meanings but primarily for their combined pronunciation, which mimics the English syllables "Ed-war-d". This process creates a new, fixed unit that functions as a proper name, with the chosen characters often carrying auspicious or positive connotations (like 'love,' 'virtue,' and 'magnificence') as a secondary, culturally resonant layer to the sound-based formation.