Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
报告把气候风险和金融风险并列讨论,强调二者已难以分开评估。Bàogào bǎ qìhòu fēngxiǎn hé jīnróng fēngxiǎn bìngliè tǎolùn, qiángdiào èrzhě yǐ nányǐ fēnkāi pínggū.The report discusses climate risk and financial risk side by side, stressing that the two are now hard to assess separately.
这两个学生并列第一,成绩完全一样。Zhè liǎng ge xuésheng bìngliè dì yī, chéngjì wánquán yíyàng.These two students tied for first place, with exactly the same score.
这两个名字并列写在奖状上,不分先后。Zhè liǎng ge míngzi bìngliè xiě zài jiǎngzhuàng shang, bù fēn xiānhòu.These two names are written side by side on the certificate, in no particular order.