沃尔玛

Walmart is phonetically rendered as 沃尔玛 (Wò ěr mǎ) in Chinese. 沃 means 'fertile/rich' and 玛 is a phonetic syllable also used in names like 玛格丽特 (Margaret). Walmart entered China in 1996 and operates under this name across its Chinese stores.

Character-by-character pronunciation

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