劳斯莱斯

Rolls-Royce is phonetically rendered as 劳斯莱斯 (Láo sī lái sī) in Chinese. The name was chosen for sound approximation. 劳 means 'labor/toil', which is incongruous with the ultra-luxury brand image, but the name is so established that it is used universally.

Character-by-character pronunciation

劳斯莱斯 uses 4 characters to represent the brand name in Chinese. Each character contributes to the phonetic or semantic rendering.