梅塞德斯

Méisèdésī
proper noun #37,827

Meanings

  1. 1 Mercedes (Spanish given name)
  2. 2 Mercedes (as in Mercedes-Benz car brand)

Examples

HSK 4
Méisèdésī shì yígè Xībānyá nǚzǐ míng.
Mercedes is a Spanish woman's name.
HSK 7-9
Méisèdésī - Bēnchí shì Déguó zhùmíng de qìchē pǐnpái.
Mercedes-Benz is a famous German car brand.

Tips

culture
In Mainland Chinese the car brand Mercedes-Benz is universally called 奔驰 ('galloping') - a brilliant phono-semantic translation that sounds like 'Benz' AND means 'galloping'. The full transliteration 梅塞德斯 is mostly used for the personal name and in Formula 1 contexts (梅赛德斯 with the variant character).

In Pop Culture

梅塞德斯-奔驰 Méisèdésī - Bēnchí
Mercedes-Benz
German luxury car manufacturer, named after Mercédès Jellinek (1889-1929), the daughter of an early Daimler customer/dealer.

Stroke Order

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