Dropbox in Chinese
Dropbox
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Dropbox is primarily referred to by its English name in Chinese markets, where it is blocked in mainland China. The cloud storage service was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi. In Taiwan and Hong Kong, it is used extensively and sometimes informally called 雲端硬碟 (cloud drive) generically, though the brand name is universally recognized.
Character-by-character pronunciation
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Dropbox uses 7 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.
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