通用电气

GE (General Electric) is translated as 通用电气 (Tōng yòng diàn qì) in Chinese — 通用 means 'general/universal' and 电气 means 'electrical/electric power'. This direct semantic translation has been used since GE entered China in the early 20th century. Founded by Thomas Edison in 1892 (merging Edison General Electric with Thomson-Houston), GE is one of America's oldest and largest industrial conglomerates.

Character-by-character pronunciation

通用电气 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.