The Chinese word "贝克" (Bèikè) is formed through a process of phonetic transliteration, specifically designed to approximate the sound of the English surname "Beck". It uses the characters 贝 (bèi), which commonly means "shell" or "cowrie", and 克 (kè), meaning "to overcome" or "gram", solely for their phonetic values, bèi and kè, to mimic the two syllables of the foreign name. This method of creating new words, where the individual characters' meanings are irrelevant and only their sounds are borrowed, is a standard practice in Chinese for adapting foreign personal names, brand names, and place names into the language.