红旗汽车

紅旗汽車
HóngqíQìchē
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Hongqi (FAW's flagship state car brand, founded 1958)

Examples

Hóngqí Qìchē shì Zhōngguó de guóbīnchē pǐnpái.
Hongqi is China's state-banquet car brand.
Yuèbīng yíshì shàng shǐyòng de shì Hóngqí Qìchē.
Hongqi cars are used at military parade ceremonies.

Tips

usage
Bare 红旗 means 'red flag', a loaded revolutionary symbol in PRC rhetoric. The 汽车 suffix disambiguates the car marque — FAW's Hongqi line launched in 1958 as China's first domestic passenger car, and has remained the official ceremonial vehicle of state leaders ever since (parades, state visits, etc.).

Stroke Order

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