The Chinese word "达尔文" is formed through phonetic transliteration of the English name "Darwin", where each character is chosen to approximate the sounds: "达" (dá) corresponds to "Dar", "尔" (ěr) corresponds to the "l" or "r" sound combined with the following syllable, and "文" (wén) corresponds to "win", resulting in the standardized Chinese rendition of the name.