汉堡王
hànbǎowáng
汉堡王 (hànbǎowáng) is the Chinese way to say burger king.
汉堡王 refers to the American chain of fast food restaurants.
What does it mean word for word?
The name is a phonetic and semantic transliteration: 汉堡 (hànbǎo) means burger, and 王 (wáng) means king.
How do you pronounce it?
hànbǎowáng
Did you know?
- The word 汉堡 (hànbǎo) used in 汉堡王 is also the Chinese name for the city of Hamburg in Germany.
- The character 王 (wáng) is a pictograph that originally represented a large axis or a jewel, symbolizing the center of the world.
- While the name contains the character 王 (wáng) for 'king', this character is often used in Chinese to denote a 'master' or 'expert' in a specific field, such as a 'math king'.
Examples in context
- 我想吃汉堡王。Wǒ xiǎng chī Hànbǎowáng.I want to eat at Burger King.
- 汉堡王就在那家商场里。Hànbǎowáng jiù zài nà jiā shāngchǎng lǐ.Burger King is right in that shopping mall.
- 汉堡王的汉堡很好吃。Hànbǎowáng de hànbǎo hěn hǎochī.The burgers at Burger King are delicious.
Example conversation
Two friends are deciding where to eat lunch.
- 梓涵 Zihan我们去汉堡王吃午饭吧？Wǒmen qù Hànbǎowáng chī wǔfàn ba?Shall we go to Burger King for lunch?
- 俊杰 Junjie好啊，我正好想吃汉堡。Hǎo a, wǒ zhènghǎo xiǎng chī hànbǎo.Sure, I happen to be craving a burger.
- 梓涵 Zihan那我们现在就走吧。Nà wǒmen xiànzài jiù zǒu ba.Then let's go right now.
- 俊杰 Junjie没问题，走吧。Méi wèntí, zǒu ba.No problem, let's go.
