德士古

Déshìgǔ

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Meanings

1 Texaco (American oil company, founded 1902, now a Chevron brand)

Characters

virtue (literal); 'te-' sound

scholar, knight (literal); '-xa-' sound

ancient (literal); '-co' sound

Examples

德士古是美国老牌石油公司。

Déshìgǔ shì Měiguó lǎopái shíyóu gōngsī.

Texaco is an old American oil company.

前面有一个德士古加油站。

Qiánmiàn yǒu yī gè Déshìgǔ jiāyóuzhàn.

There's a Texaco gas station up ahead.

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usage

Phonetic transliteration of Texaco: 德 (dé) Te-, 士 (shì) -xa-, 古 (gǔ) -co. Notice 德 ('virtue') is also the standard 'Te-/De-' character (compare 德国 Germany), and 士 ('scholar') stands in for the unrelated -xa- syllable. Texaco was acquired by Chevron in 2001 but its red star logo remains in use.

Stroke Order

德 dé

士 shì

古 gǔ