罗永浩

羅永浩

Luó Yǒnghào

proper noun

Meanings

1 Luo Yonghao
2 Chinese entrepreneur, tech livestream host

About Luo Yonghao

born 1972 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Former New Oriental English teacher who founded the phone maker 锤子科技 (Smartisan); after it failed he sold goods in Douyin livestreams to pay off its debts.

Also called 老罗

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

罗永浩以前是英语老师。

Luó Yǒnghào yǐqián shì Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.

Luo Yonghao used to be an English teacher.

HSK 5

罗永浩的直播风格很有个人特色。

Luó Yǒnghào de zhíbō fēnggé hěn yǒu gèrén tèsè.

Luo Yonghao's livestream style is very much his own.

HSK 7-9

罗永浩靠直播还清了锤子科技的债。

Luó Yǒnghào kào zhíbō huánqīng le Chuízi Kējì de zhài.

Luo Yonghao paid off Smartisan's debts through livestream sales.

Tips

culture

He joked that a film about his years of paying off Smartisan's debts should be called 真还传, 'the true story of repaying', a pun on the palace drama 甄嬛传: 真 'truly' and 还 'repay' sound just like the heroine's name. The nickname stuck to his whole saga.

Widely called 老罗 ('Old Luo'); this is friendly/admiring rather than formal.

In Pop Culture

锤子科技 Chuízi Kējì

Smartisan Technology

Chinese smartphone maker Luo founded in 2012; known for distinctive industrial design but chronically unprofitable, wound down around 2019.

交个朋友 Jiāo Ge Péngyou

Make a Friend

Luo's livestream e-commerce company launched 2020 on Douyin, one of the most successful MCN brands in China.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

永 yǒng

浩 hào

罗永浩