雪佛兰

Chevrolet is phonetically rendered as 雪佛兰 (Xuě fú lán) in Chinese. 雪 means snow, 佛 references Buddha (phonetic), and 兰 means orchid. The three characters are chosen primarily for their sound, and the brand is widely sold in China through the SAIC-GM joint venture.

Character-by-character pronunciation

雪佛兰 uses 3 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.