衍聲複詞 [－声复词]

Jyutping jin5 sing1 fuk1 ci4
Pinyin yǎn shēng fù cí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. compound word such as 玫瑰[mei2 gui1] or 咖啡[ka1 fei1], whose meaning is unrelated to the component hanzi, which often cannot be used singly