唐恩都乐

唐恩都樂
TángēnDōulè
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Dunkin' (formerly Dunkin' Donuts), the American coffee and donut chain

Examples

Shànghǎi kāi le hǎo jǐ jiā Tángēn Dōulè fēndiàn.
Several Dunkin' branches have opened in Shanghai.
Wǒ měi tiān zǎoshang dōu zài Tángēn Dōulè mǎi yī bēi kāfēi.
Every morning I buy a coffee at Dunkin'.

Tips

memory
Pure phonetic rendering: 唐恩 'Tang-en' = 'Dunkin' (the n is split across syllables Mandarin-style), 'Dou-le' = 'Donuts'. The choice of characters is mildly auspicious — (Tang dynasty), (kindness), (capital), (joy) — but no semantic content.
culture
The brand globally rebranded from 'Dunkin' Donuts' to just 'Dunkin'' in 2018, but the Chinese name kept 'donuts' baked in. Less ubiquitous in China than Starbucks (星巴克) or Luckin (瑞幸), with a presence concentrated in tier-one cities.

Stroke Order

Táng
ēn
dōu