可口可乐

Coca-Cola's Chinese name 可口可乐 (Kě kǒu kě lè) is considered one of the most successful brand translations ever. It both sounds like 'Coca-Cola' and means 'delicious and enjoyable'. Each character means: 可(can be), 口(mouth/taste), 可(can be), 乐(happy/enjoyable).

Character-by-character pronunciation

可口可乐 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.