The Chinese word 蒙特利尔 is formed through phonetic transliteration, where each character is selected solely for its sound to approximate the English name "Montreal": 蒙 (méng) corresponds to "Mon", 特 (tè) to "tre", 利 (lì) to "li", and 尔 (ěr) to the ending "al", creating a spoken resemblance without any regard for the literal meanings of the characters.