Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
这台服务器的内存已经不足,无法同时处理这么多请求。Zhè tái fúwùqì de nèicún yǐjīng bùzú, wúfǎ tóngshí chǔlǐ zhème duō qǐngqiú.This server no longer has enough memory to process so many requests at the same time.
手机内存不够了,我得删掉一些照片。Shǒujī nèicún bú gòu le, wǒ děi shān diào yìxiē zhàopiàn.My phone is running out of memory, so I have to delete some photos.
这台电脑的内存太小,同时打开几个软件就变得很慢。Zhè tái diànnǎo de nèicún tài xiǎo, tóngshí dǎkāi jǐ ge ruǎnjiàn jiù biàn de hěn màn.This computer has too little memory and becomes very slow when several programs are open at once.