果珍 (Guǒzhēn): Tang (the powdered orange drink…

Meanings

1 Tang (the powdered orange drink mix; brand name in mainland China)
2 the Chinese brand name of Kraft's 'Tang' — once famously marketed as 'the drink the astronauts took to space'

Characters

果

Examples

小时候妈妈给我冲一杯果珍。

Xiǎoshíhou māma gěi wǒ chōng yì bēi Guǒzhēn.

When I was little, mom would mix me a glass of Tang.

果珍曾经是宇航员喝的饮料。

Guǒzhēn céngjīng shì yǔhángyuán hē de yǐnliào.

Tang used to be the drink astronauts took to space.

Tips

culture

果珍 is the mainland Chinese brand name for Tang (果珍 literally 'fruit treasure'), the powdered orange drink owned by Kraft/Mondelez. Heavily marketed in 1990s–2000s China with the same astronaut angle used in the West — which is why a generation of Chinese kids associate it with space travel.

memory

果 (fruit) + 珍 (treasure/precious) — a marketing-friendly name that sells the powder as something rare and precious rather than what it is (sugar, citric acid, orange flavoring, vitamin C). Note also that 果珍 read as a regular noun could mean 'fruit treasures', but in practice it's overwhelmingly the brand.