健怡可乐

健怡可樂
Jiànyíkělè
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Diet Coke
  2. 2 Coca-Cola Light

Examples

Wǒ yào yī bēi Jiànyíkělè, xièxie.
I'll have a Diet Coke, thanks.
Tā bù hē pǔtōng kělè, zhǐ hē Jiànyíkělè.
She doesn't drink regular Coke, only Diet Coke.

Tips

memory
(jiànyí) is the brand transliteration: 'healthy' + 'pleasant' — chosen to suggest both 'diet' phonetically and a wellness vibe in meaning. Most foreign brand names in Chinese try to do this double duty.

In Pop Culture

可口可乐 Kěkǒu Kělè
Coca-Cola
The parent brand. 健怡可乐 is the diet variant; the new zero-sugar product is 零度可乐 (Língdù Kělè, Coke Zero)

Stroke Order

jiàn