壳牌

殼牌

Qiàopái

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Meanings

1 Shell (oil company)
2 abbr. for 壳牌公司

Characters

Examples

壳牌是世界最大的石油公司之一。

Qiàopái shì shìjiè zuì dà de shíyóu gōngsī zhī yī.

Shell is one of the world's largest oil companies.

我在壳牌加油站加了油。

Wǒ zài Qiàopái jiāyóuzhàn jiā le yóu.

I filled up at a Shell gas station.

Tips

culture

壳 ('shell') + 牌 ('brand') — a calque (meaning translation), not a phonetic loan. The company traces its name to a 19th-century London antique shop that imported decorative seashells, which is why the logo is a scallop.

Stroke Order

壳 ké

牌 pái