冠生园

冠生園

Guànshēngyuán

proper noun

Meanings

1 Guan Sheng Yuan (Shanghai food and confectionery brand, est. 1915)

Characters

crown, surname (here: founder's name)

life, born (here: founder's name)

Examples

HSK 5

冠生园的大白兔奶糖是几代人的回忆。

Guànshēngyuán de Dàbáitùnǎitáng shì jǐ dài rén de huíyì.

Guan Sheng Yuan's White Rabbit milk candy is the memory of several generations.

HSK 7-9

中秋节她买了一盒冠生园的月饼。

Zhōngqiūjié tā mǎi le yī hé Guànshēngyuán de yuèbing.

For Mid-Autumn Festival she bought a box of Guan Sheng Yuan mooncakes.

Tips

culture

Founded in 1915 in Shanghai by 冼冠生 (Xian Guansheng), the brand is now one of the oldest continuously-operating Chinese food companies - best known internationally for White Rabbit candy and domestically for its Mid-Autumn mooncakes.

In Pop Culture

大白兔奶糖 Dàbáitùnǎitáng

White Rabbit milk candy

Iconic chewy milk candy launched by Guan Sheng Yuan in 1959, originally as a Shanghai 'national gift' candy. Premier Zhou Enlai famously gave a tin to Richard Nixon in 1972.

Stroke Order

冠 guān

生 shēng

园 yuán