国泰航空

Cathay Pacific's Chinese name is 国泰航空 (Guó tài háng kōng). 国泰 is an old Chinese term for Cathay (an ancient name for China/northern China), and it also carries the meaning 'the nation is at peace'. 航空 means 'aviation'. The name preserves the historical 'Cathay' connection in Chinese.

Character-by-character pronunciation

国泰航空 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.