# How do You Say "Hummer" In Chinese **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235 "2009-10-09T20:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/1 "2009-10-09T20:39:52Z")
I jst heard that a Chinese firm now owns an 80% share of Hummer Corporation. Frankly, I think this is a good thing. As gasoline gets more expensive, sales of these behemoths will probably decline-leading to losses. The Chinese will get to share in losses, not just profits. Or will they move the whole assembly operation to China? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/2 "2009-10-09T22:44:05Z")
Twenty yuan, same as in Beijing. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/3 "2009-10-10T01:45:14Z")
Once again . . . not what I thought this thread was about. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/4 "2009-10-10T03:21:32Z")
“Hummel” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/5 "2009-10-10T13:05:46Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Twenty yuan, same as in Beijing. Rats. I was gonna post that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/6 "2009-10-10T15:56:24Z")
Yep, this thread is not about what I thought it was about. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/7 "2009-10-10T16:18:53Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Rats. I was gonna post that. 😃 I was torn between that and **SeaDragonTattoo** ’s answer. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/8 "2009-10-10T19:43:32Z")
It’s very likely to be an Chinese re-production of how the word sounds in English, using Mandarin tones, in piyin. Like how Washington is called [hua-shen-dun](http://usa.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=worddict&wdrst=0&wdqb=washington). A search at the same site yield. My guess is mostly like ‘heng-er’ ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/9 "2009-10-10T20:29:27Z")
If [Wikipedia](http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%82%8D%E9%A6%AC%E6%B1%BD%E8%BB%8A) and the [on-line Chinese-English Dictionary](http://www.mandarintools.com/) are to be believed, it’s 悍馬 or Hànmǎ, (which if you actually literally translated it syllable-for-syllable comes out as “brave horse”). Although the Chinese-English Dictionary translates 悍馬 as “High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle”, so 悍馬 may be more the original [“Humvee”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Mobility_Multipurpose_Wheeled_Vehicle) than the subsequent civilian spin-off. (“Jeep” is evidently 吉普 or 吉普汽车, Jípǔ or Jípǔqìchē, which would literally render as “good luck” or “lucky car”.) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/10 "2009-10-11T03:55:30Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Twenty yuan, same as in Beijing. that was never true even back in the FEC days ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/11 "2009-10-11T03:57:26Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > that was a long time ago… It’s the worlds oldest joke. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-say-hummer-in-chinese/513235/12 "2009-10-11T04:51:05Z")
Some stuff doesn’t translate right? If they to to talk about the SDMB on chinese t.v. for example wouldn’t it be something like… Ching chow badda bing yadda yadda SDMB la choy chung king…?