欧莱雅

L'Oréal is phonetically rendered as 欧莱雅 (Ōu lái yǎ) in Chinese. 欧 often represents Europe, 莱 and 雅 are phonetic characters with 雅 meaning 'elegant/refined'. The resulting name has an elegant, slightly European feel — fitting for a French cosmetics brand.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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