德克士

Dékèshì

popculture

Meanings

1 Dicos (Chinese fast-food chain specializing in fried chicken and burgers)

Characters

virtue (phonetic: dé-)

gram (phonetic: -k-)

gentleman (phonetic: -s)

Examples

中午我们去德克士吃脆皮炸鸡吧。

Zhōngwǔ wǒmen qù Dékèshì chī cuìpí zhájī ba.

Let's go to Dicos for crispy fried chicken for lunch.

三线城市的德克士比肯德基还多。

Sān xiàn chéngshì de Dékèshì bǐ Kěndéjī hái duō.

In third-tier cities, there are even more Dicos outlets than KFCs.

In Pop Culture

德克士 Dékèshì

Dicos

Fast-food chain founded in Chengdu in 1994 by a Taiwanese business group (顶新国际, Ting Hsin). Known for its 脆皮炸鸡 (crispy fried chicken) and dominance in China's lower-tier cities, where it outnumbers both KFC and McDonald's in many regions.

Stroke Order

德 dé

克 kè

士 shì