The Chinese word 黎巴嫩 is formed through phonetic transliteration of the English name "Lebanon", with each character representing a syllable: 黎 (lí) corresponds to "Le", 巴 (bā) to "ba", and 嫩 (nèn) to "non". The characters are selected based on their pronunciation to mimic the foreign sounds, without consideration for the individual meanings of the characters.