诺基亚

Nokia is phonetically rendered as 诺基亚 (Nuò jī yà) in Chinese. 诺 means 'promise/vow', 基 means 'foundation/base', and 亚 means 'Asia'. Together 'promise-foundation-Asia' has an interesting geographic resonance given that Asia was Nokia's largest market during its mobile phone peak years. The Finnish company was once the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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