西门子

Siemens is phonetically rendered as 西门子 (Xī mén zǐ) in Chinese. Interestingly, 西门子 literally means 'west gate son/child' — 西 is 'west', 门 is 'gate/door', and 子 is 'child/son'. This accidental meaning makes the name memorable, though it was chosen purely for phonetics.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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