The Chinese word "劳伦斯" (Láolúnsī) is a phonetic transliteration formed to approximate the sound of the foreign name "Lawrence", typically using characters chosen primarily for their pronunciation rather than their inherent meaning. Each syllable is matched with a common Chinese character: "劳" (Láo) for "Law", "伦" (lún) for "ren", and "斯" (sī) for the "ce/s" sound, resulting in a common convention for rendering Western names into Chinese where semantic meaning is secondary to auditory resemblance.