真维斯

真維斯
zhēnwéisī
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 Jeanswest (casual-wear brand)

Examples

Zhēnwéisī de niúzǎikù zài jiǔshí niándài fēicháng huǒ.
Jeanswest jeans were extremely popular in the '90s.
Wǒ bàba nà yí dài rén dōu chuān guo Zhēnwéisī.
People from my dad's generation all wore Jeanswest.

Tips

memory
A phonetic loan of 'Jeanswest': (zhen)-(wei)-(si) ≈ 'jean-wes'. The characters (true) and (to sustain) were picked for a quality-feeling impression, not meaning.

In Pop Culture

真维斯 Zhēnwéisī
Jeanswest
Originally an Australian brand (1972), acquired by Hong Kong's Glorious Sun Group in 1990 and relaunched across mainland China. Defined casual jeans culture for late-'90s/early-'00s Chinese teens.

Stroke Order

zhēn
wéi