屈臣氏 (Qūchénshì): Watsons (health and beauty reta…

屈臣氏 is the Cantonese-based phonetic rendering of "Watson's". A.S. Watson & Company traces back to a Guangzhou dispensary founded in 1828 and is now owned by Hong Kong's CK Hutchison. The drugstore-style chain is ubiquitous in mainland malls.

In Pop Culture

屈臣氏蒸馏水 Qūchénshì Zhēngliúshuǐ

Watsons Distilled Water

A staple bottled-water brand sold across Greater China, part of the same A.S. Watson Group.

Stroke Order

屈 qū

臣 chén

氏 shì

Related Words

屈服 qūfú HSK 7 #6,460

to yield / to submit / to give in

氏 shì #5,886

clan name / family name / née / courtesy title after a surname

屈原 Qūyuán

Qu Yuan (patriotic poet, origin of Dragon Boat Festival)

屈 qū #9,787

to bend / to yield / to submit / injustice; wrong

传染性法氏囊炎 chuánrǎnxìngfǎshìnángyán

infectious bursal disease (IBD); Gumboro disease (viral poultry disease)

蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫 Lánshìjiǎdìbiānmáochóng

Giardia lamblia / a flagellated protozoan that causes giardiasis in the small intestine

荣氏 Róngshì

the Rong family (Jiangsu industrial dynasty, flour and cotton empire) / of the Rong lineage

谢罗便臣 xièluóbiànchén

Sir William Robinson (1836-1912), 11th Governor of Hong Kong (1891-1898)

志贺氏菌 zhìhèshìjūn

Shigella (bacterium genus) / the bacteria that cause bacillary dysentery (shigellosis)

板荡识诚臣 bǎndàngshíchéngchén

in troubled times one knows the loyal minister / (fig.) true character is revealed only in adversity / (lit.) turmoil recognizes the honest official