The word **奥运** (Àoyùn), meaning "Olympic Games," is formed through a process of abbreviation and compounding from two longer phrases: it takes the first character **奥** (Ào) from the phonetic translation **奥林匹克** (Àolínpǐkè) for "Olympic," and pairs it with the first character **运** (yùn) from the native Chinese term **运动会** (yùndònghuì), meaning "sports meeting" or "athletic games." This creates a concise, two-syllable compound that efficiently conveys the full concept of the "Olympic Sports Games," blending the imported phonetic root with a semantic root from the existing Chinese lexicon.