罗永浩

羅永浩

Luó Yǒnghào

proper noun

Meanings

1 Luo Yonghao
2 Chinese entrepreneur, tech livestream host (b. 1972)

Characters

forever; eternal

Examples

HSK 7-9

罗永浩以前是英语老师。

Luó Yǒnghào yǐqián shì Yīngyǔ lǎoshī.

Luo Yonghao used to be an English teacher.

HSK 7-9

他靠直播还清了锤子科技的债。

Tā kào zhíbō huán qīng le Chuízi Kējì de zhài.

He paid off Smartisan's debts through livestream sales.

HSK 7-9

老罗的直播风格很有个人特色。

Lǎo Luó de zhíbō fēnggé hěn yǒu gèrén tèsè.

Lao Luo's livestream style is very distinctive.

Tips

culture

One of China's best-known serial entrepreneurs. Career arc: New Oriental English teacher, then founded Bullet Messenger / Smartisan Technology (锤子科技) smartphones (2012-2019). After Smartisan collapsed with ~600M yuan in debts, he pivoted to livestream e-commerce in 2020 on Douyin, famously declaring he'd repay every creditor. Now runs the 交个朋友 (Make a Friend) MCN.

register

Widely called 老罗 ('Old Luo'); this is friendly/admiring rather than formal.

In Pop Culture

锤子科技 Chuízi Kējì

Smartisan Technology

Chinese smartphone maker Luo founded in 2012; known for distinctive industrial design but chronically unprofitable, wound down around 2019.

交个朋友 Jiāo Ge Péngyou

Make a Friend

Luo's livestream e-commerce company launched 2020 on Douyin, one of the most successful MCN brands in China.

Stroke Order

罗 luó

永 yǒng

浩 hào