大众高尔夫

大眾高爾夫

DàzhòngGāo'ěrfū

popculture

Meanings

1 Volkswagen Golf (compact hatchback first launched 1974)

Characters

high (phonetic)

Examples

大众高尔夫是一款全球畅销的两厢车。

Dàzhòng Gāo'ěrfū shì yī kuǎn quánqiú chàngxiāo de liǎngxiāngchē.

The VW Golf is a globally popular hatchback.

我开的是大众高尔夫7代。

Wǒ kāi de shì Dàzhòng Gāo'ěrfū qī dài.

I drive a Golf Mk7.

Tips

usage

Bare 高尔夫 (gāo'ěrfū) is the phonetic loanword for the sport 'golf'. The 大众 prefix marks the Volkswagen Golf — launched 1974, the defining European hatchback. In Chinese enthusiast talk, 'Mk' generations are written as 高尔夫7 / 高尔夫8 etc. The current Chinese-market Golf is built by 一汽大众.

In Pop Culture

高尔夫 gāo'ěrfū

golf

Bare 高尔夫 primarily means the sport of golf; see main 高尔夫 entry for non-car sense.

Stroke Order

大 dà

众 zhòng

高 gāo

尔 ěr

夫 fū