马自达

Mazda is phonetically rendered as 马自达 (Mǎ zì dá) in Chinese. Interestingly, Mazda is named after Ahura Mazda, the Zoroastrian god of light. The Chinese phonetic rendering 马自达 means 'horse self-achieve' — 马 (horse), 自 (self), 达 (reach/achieve) — an accidentally energetic combination.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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