上汽大众

上汽大眾

Shàngqì Dàzhòng

proper noun

Meanings

1 SAIC Volkswagen, the Shanghai car joint venture of SAIC and Volkswagen

Characters

Shanghai (short for 上海)

motor vehicle (short for 汽车)

大众 'the masses' is Volkswagen's Chinese name, a rendering of 'people's car'.

Examples

HSK 3

我的第一辆车是上汽大众的朗逸。

Wǒ de dìyī liàng chē shì Shàngqì Dàzhòng de Lǎngyì.

My first car was a SAIC Volkswagen Lavida.

HSK 5

以前上海的出租车大多是上汽大众的桑塔纳。

Yǐqián Shànghǎi de chūzūchē dàduō shì Shàngqì Dàzhòng de Sāngtǎnà.

Most of Shanghai's taxis used to be SAIC Volkswagen Santanas.

Tips

culture

Founded in 1984 by 上汽 (SAIC Motor) and Volkswagen, it was one of China's first car joint ventures and was called 上海大众 until 2015. It builds Volkswagen and 斯柯达 (Skoda) models in Shanghai; Volkswagen's other Chinese partner is 一汽, in 一汽大众.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

汽 qì

大 dà

众 zhòng