劳力士

勞力士

Láolìshì

popculture

Meanings

1 Rolex (Swiss luxury wristwatch brand)

Characters

labor; transliteration syllable

strength; transliteration syllable

gentleman; transliteration syllable

Examples

他手腕上戴着一块金色的劳力士。

Tā shǒuwàn shàng dài zhe yī kuài jīnsè de Láolìshì.

He's wearing a gold Rolex on his wrist.

劳力士的二手市场十分火爆。

Láolìshì de èrshǒu shìchǎng shífēn huǒbào.

The Rolex secondary market is incredibly hot.

Tips

culture

The Chinese name 劳力士 ('labor-strength gentleman') is a phono-semantic transliteration popular in Hong Kong since the 1950s. In status-conscious Chinese pop culture, a Rolex is shorthand for arrived wealth — much like in the West.

Stroke Order

劳 láo

力 lì

士 shì