Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
每当回想那场失败的实验,他都觉得最可贵的是数据没有被篡改。Měi dāng huíxiǎng nà chǎng shībài de shíyàn, tā dōu juéde zuì kěguì de shì shùjù méiyǒu bèi cuàngǎi.Whenever he thinks back to that failed experiment, he feels the most valuable thing is that the data was not tampered with.
我回想了一下,昨天好像真的没锁门。Wǒ huíxiǎng le yíxià, zuótiān hǎoxiàng zhēn de méi suǒ mén.I thought back for a moment, and it seems I really did not lock the door yesterday.
回想起小时候的夏天,我总会想到外婆家的西瓜。Huíxiǎng qǐ xiǎoshíhou de xiàtiān, wǒ zǒng huì xiǎngdào wàipó jiā de xīguā.When I think back to the summers of my childhood, I always think of the watermelons at my grandmother's house.