Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
研究人员用电脑模拟城市洪水的扩散过程。Yánjiū rényuán yòng diànnǎo mónǐ chéngshì hóngshuǐ de kuòsàn guòchéng.Researchers used computers to simulate the process by which floodwater spreads through a city.
这个游戏可以模拟开飞机的感觉。Zhège yóuxì kěyǐ mónǐ kāi fēijī de gǎnjué.This game can simulate what it feels like to fly a plane.
考试前,老师让我们做一次模拟测试。Kǎoshì qián, lǎoshī ràng wǒmen zuò yí cì mónǐ cèshì.Before the exam, the teacher had us take a practice test.