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红双喜

紅雙喜
Hóngshuāngxǐ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Red Double Happiness
  2. 2 Chinese sporting-goods brand best known for table tennis equipment
  3. 3 popular brand of cigarettes

Examples

HSK 4
国家队比赛用的乒乓球是红双喜的。
Guójiāduì bǐsài yòng de pīngpāngqiú shì Hóngshuāngxǐ de.
The table tennis balls used in national team matches are Red Double Happiness.
HSK 5
我爸抽红双喜抽了三十年。
Wǒ bà chōu Hóngshuāngxǐ chōu le sānshí nián.
My dad has smoked Red Double Happiness cigarettes for thirty years.

Tips

culture
Two distinct famous brands share the name. (1) DHS (红双喜 / 紅雙喜): Shanghai-based table-tennis equipment maker, official supplier to ITTF World Championships and the Beijing 2008 Olympics; equipment of choice for Chinese national-team players. (2) Red Double Happiness cigarettes, a popular mid-tier Shanghai brand named for the wedding glyph.
memory
红 'red' + 双喜 'double happiness' = the iconic red 囍 character. Add the colour to distinguish the brand from the generic decoration: a wedding has 双喜, but the table-tennis paddle says 红双喜.

Stroke Order

红 hóng
双 shuāng
喜 xǐ