The Chinese word "维也纳" (Wéiyěnà) is a phonetic loanword formed through transliteration, specifically representing the sound of the foreign city name "Vienna". It is constructed by selecting three Chinese characters whose combined pronunciation in Mandarin approximates the syllables of the original name, "Wei" (维), "ye" (也), and "na" (纳), with no inherent connection to the individual meanings of the characters, which respectively suggest "to maintain", "also", and "to receive". This is a standard method in Chinese for adopting foreign proper nouns, where sound takes precedence over semantic meaning.