必和必拓

Bìhébìtuò

popculture

Meanings

1 BHP (BHP Billiton, Anglo-Australian multinational mining and metals company)

Characters

to open up; expand

Examples

必和必拓是世界最大的矿业公司之一。

Bìhébìtuò shì shìjiè zuì dà de kuàngyè gōngsī zhī yī.

BHP is one of the world's largest mining companies.

中国是必和必拓铁矿石的主要买家。

Zhōngguó shì Bìhébìtuò tiěkuàngshí de zhǔyào mǎijiā.

China is the main buyer of BHP's iron ore.

Tips

history

必和必拓 is the official Chinese name of BHP, formed in 2001 by the merger of Australia's BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary) with Britain's Billiton — hence the 必和必拓 = 'BH and Billiton'. The translation cleverly mixes phonetics with auspicious meaning: 必 'certainly', 和 'harmony', 拓 'to expand'.

Stroke Order

必 bì

和 hé

拓 tuò