Cadillac in Chinese
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
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Cadillac is phonetically rendered as 凯迪拉克 (Kǎi dí lā kè) in Chinese. 凯 means 'triumphant/victorious' — an auspicious opening character that fits the luxury brand's prestige positioning. Cadillac has significant brand recognition in China as a symbol of American luxury.
Character-by-character pronunciation
凯Kǎi
迪dí
拉lā
克kè
凯迪拉克 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.
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