百威

Budweiser is rendered as 百威 (Bǎi wēi) in Chinese. 百 means 'hundred/a great deal' and 威 means 'authority/power/prestige'. Together 'great authority' captures both phonetic approximation and an auspicious meaning. Budweiser is produced in China by a joint venture with AB InBev and is one of the top-selling beers in the country.

Character-by-character pronunciation

百威 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.