金科瑟斯

Jīnkēsèsī

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Meanings

1 Kinkos (former name of the U.S. retail print/copy chain, now FedEx Office)

Characters

gold (phonetic 'kin')

branch/section (phonetic 'ko')

ancient zither (phonetic 'se')

this (phonetic 's')

Examples

我去金科瑟斯打印一下文件。

Wǒ qù Jīnkēsèsī dǎyìn yíxià wénjiàn.

I'm going to Kinkos to print some documents.

金科瑟斯后来被联邦快递收购了。

Jīnkēsèsī hòulái bèi Liánbāng Kuàidì shōugòu le.

Kinkos was later acquired by FedEx.

Tips

culture

Phonetic transliteration of 'Kinkos', the U.S. copy/print chain founded in 1970. It was renamed FedEx Office (联邦快递办公) after the 2004 acquisition, so the name now mostly survives in subtitles and older dialogue.

usage

Each character is purely phonetic: 金 (jīn) for 'kin', 科 (kē) for 'ko', 瑟斯 (sèsī) for 'kos'. Don't read meaning into them.

Stroke Order

金 jīn

科 kē

瑟 sè

斯 sī