The Chinese word "阿姆斯特朗" (Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng) is a phonetic transliteration formed by selecting Chinese characters whose pronunciations closely approximate the syllables of the English name "Armstrong". This process, known as transcription, breaks the foreign name into distinct sounds (e.g., "A-m-s-t-r-ong") and matches each segment with a pre-existing Chinese character that has no semantic relation to the original name's meaning but serves a purely phonetic purpose. The result is a culturally and phonetically adapted representation used specifically for referring to the name in a Chinese linguistic context.