美国运通

American Express is translated as 美国运通 (Měi guó yùn tōng) in Chinese. 美国 means America, 运 means 'transport/fortune', and 通 means 'connected/flow'. Together 'American fortune flow' captures both the financial services nature and the transportation origins (American Express started as an express mail service in 1850). Commonly abbreviated as 运通 or 美运通.

Character-by-character pronunciation

美国运通 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.