哈弗 (Hāfú): Haval (Chinese SUV brand by Gre…

Meanings

1 Haval (Chinese SUV brand by Great Wall Motors)
2 Havre / Le Havre (French port city; also 勒阿弗尔)
3 Harvard (informal/older transliteration; standard is 哈佛)

Characters

哈

hā

(transliteration syllable)

弗

fú

(transliteration syllable; lit. 'not')

Examples

哈弗H6 是中国最畅销的SUV之一。

Hāfú H6 shì Zhōngguó zuì chàngxiāo de SUV zhī yī.

The Haval H6 is one of the best-selling SUVs in China.

他开着一辆哈弗去上班。

Tā kāizhe yí liàng Hāfú qù shàngbān.

He drives a Haval to work.

Tips

culture

In modern Chinese 哈弗 most often refers to Haval (长城哈弗) — the SUV sub-brand launched by Great Wall Motors in 2013, China's top-selling SUV brand for years. Don't confuse with 哈佛 (Hāfó), the standard transliteration of Harvard University.