惠普

Huìpǔ
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Meanings

  1. 1 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  2. 2 American technology company

Examples

Tā zài Huìpǔ zuò le shí nián gōngchéngshī.
He worked as an engineer at HP for ten years.
Huìpǔ de dǎyìnjī zài bàngōng shìchǎng zhànyǒulǜ hěn gāo.
HP printers have a high share of the office market.

Tips

culture
'benefit' + 'universal/widespread' — a transliteration that also reads as a corporate slogan: 'benefit everyone.' This phono-semantic sweet spot is why it became the enduring Chinese name for Hewlett-Packard.

In Pop Culture

惠普车库 Huìpǔ chēkù
HP Garage
The Palo Alto garage where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started HP in 1939 — the 'Birthplace of Silicon Valley.'

Stroke Order

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