The Chinese term "纳粹" (Nàcuì) for "Nazi" is formed entirely through a phonetic translation process. The two characters were chosen not for their meanings (which are "to accept/admit" and "pure/essence" respectively), but because their combined pronunciation closely approximates the sound of the German word "Nationalsozialist" in its abbreviated form, "Nazi". This method of creating new words by borrowing sounds from a foreign language is a standard technique in Chinese for importing proper nouns and specific terminology.