Nissan in Chinese
日产
Rì chǎn
AutomotiveNaming strategySemantic translation
Nissan's Chinese name 日产 (Rì chǎn) directly translates the Japanese characters 日産 (Nissan): 日 means 'Japan/sun' and 産/产 means 'production/manufacture'. This is the same literal meaning as the Japanese name. Nissan has a major manufacturing presence in China through the Dongfeng-Nissan joint venture.
Character-by-character pronunciation
日Rì
产chǎn
日产 uses 2 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.
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