上汽

Shàngqì

proper noun

Meanings

1 SAIC Motor (Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation)
2 abbr. for 上海汽车工业集团

Characters

Shanghai (上海)

automobile (汽车)

Examples

HSK 7-9

上汽是中国最大的汽车制造商之一。

Shàngqì shì Zhōngguó zuì dà de qìchē zhìzàoshāng zhīyī.

SAIC is one of China's largest automakers.

HSK 7-9

上汽与大众的合资厂在上海。

Shàngqì yǔ Dàzhòng de hézī chǎng zài Shànghǎi.

The SAIC-Volkswagen joint venture plant is in Shanghai.

Tips

culture

SAIC-VW (上汽大众, 1984) was China's first major foreign-JV carmaker and the reason so many Chinese taxis were Santanas through the 1990s. SAIC-GM followed in 1997, and SAIC's own brands MG, Roewe (荣威) and Maxus (大通) now export globally.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

汽 qì