麦道 (Màidào): McDonnell Douglas (American aer…

Meanings

1 McDonnell Douglas (American aerospace company)

Characters

麦

mài

(transliteration: 'Mc-')

道

dào

(transliteration: 'Dou-')

Examples

麦道公司在1997年被波音收购。

Màidào gōngsī zài yī jiǔ jiǔ qī nián bèi Bōyīn shōugòu.

McDonnell Douglas was acquired by Boeing in 1997.

中国曾经组装过麦道的客机。

Zhōngguó céngjīng zǔzhuāng guò Màidào de kèjī.

China once assembled McDonnell Douglas passenger jets.

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history

Short for 麦克唐纳·道格拉斯 (Màikètángnà-Dàogélāsī). In the 1980s–90s, Shanghai Aviation (上海航空) co-produced MD-82 and MD-90 jets with McDonnell Douglas — China's first foray into commercial jet manufacturing, a precursor to today's COMAC (中国商飞).