波音

Boeing is phonetically rendered as 波音 (Bō yīn) in Chinese. 波 means 'wave' and 音 means 'sound/music'. Together 波音 means 'sound waves' or 'waves of sound' — an elegant coincidence that gives the aircraft manufacturer's name an almost poetic quality in Chinese.

Character-by-character pronunciation

波音 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.