索尼

Sony's Chinese name 索尼 (Suǒ ní) is a phonetic approximation of the brand name. Sony itself comes from the Latin word 'sonus' (sound) combined with the American slang 'sonny'. The Chinese name carries no particular meaning beyond sound matching.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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