肯德基

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is known as 肯德基 (Kěn dé jī) in China — a phonetic rendering of 'Kentucky'. 鸡 (jī) also happens to mean 'chicken', making it a fortunate coincidence. KFC is one of the largest fast-food chains in China.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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