The word "香榭丽舍" is formed through phonetic transliteration from the French "Champs-Élysées", where each character is chosen solely for its sound to approximate the original syllables: "香" (xiāng) for "chan", "榭" (xiè) for "Ély", "丽" (lì) for "sées", and "舍" (shè) for the ending, disregarding the literal meanings of the characters.