技嘉

Jìjiā
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 GIGABYTE Technology Co., Ltd.
  2. 2 Taiwanese computer hardware brand (motherboards, GPUs, laptops)

Examples

Wǒ xīn zǔzhuāng de diànnǎo yòng de shì Jìjiā de zhǔbǎn.
The PC I just built uses a GIGABYTE motherboard.
Jìjiā shì Táiwān de zhīmíng diànnǎo yìngjiàn chǎngshāng.
GIGABYTE is a well-known Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer.

Tips

culture
Founded 1986 in 台北 (Táiběi, Taipei). One of the 'big three' Taiwanese motherboard makers alongside 华硕 (Huáshuò, ASUS) and (Wēixīng, MSI). The Chinese name 技嘉 ('skill + excellent') is essentially a phono-semantic match: 'jì-jiā' echoes 'gi-ga-(byte)' while reading as positive Chinese.
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Compare with how other tech brands localize: 华硕 ASUS ('China + outstanding'), 联想 Lenovo ('connect + think'), 戴尔 Dell ('wear + you'). 技嘉 is on the more phonetic end of that spectrum but still chooses two flattering characters.

Stroke Order

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