Hershey's in Chinese
好时
Hǎo shí
Food & BeverageNaming strategyPhonetic + semantic blend
Hershey's is rendered as 好时 (Hǎo shí) in Chinese. 好 means 'good/great' and 时 means 'time/era'. Together 'good times' perfectly captures the brand's joyful, celebratory chocolate positioning while phonetically approximating 'Her-shey'. Milton S. Hershey founded the company in 1894 in Pennsylvania. Hershey's chocolate is one of the most recognized American candy brands.
Character-by-character pronunciation
好Hǎo
时shí
好时 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.
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