奔驰

Mercedes-Benz is known as 奔驰 (Bēn chí) in China, meaning 'to gallop/speed along'. The name captures the essence of the brand — powerful forward motion — without being a phonetic rendering. It is considered one of the most successful automotive brand translations.

Character-by-character pronunciation

奔驰 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.