The fever of the numeric domains in China really fired up the enthusiasm of many investors last year. Except the profit earned from the Chinese domain name market, I believe many western investors also get much fun in learning the Chinese culture. “8” stands for “a good fortune” while “6” stands for “everything going well”. “4” is not desirable since it sounds like “die” in Chinese, just like in some western culture there are some number superstitions over the number 13 and 666.
The fever of numeric domains is easy to follow since the Arabians has ready spread the numbers world widely. Besides the numeric domain names, Chinese are also fond of double Pinyin domains, which may have more language bias for foreign investors to know the meanings. As many Chinese words are composited of two characters and each character combines an initial consonant and simple or compound vowel to make up the pronunciation, double Pinyin can always correspond to one or more meaningful words.
Today I would like to introduce you some double Pinyin domains related to fruit. Many companies like to use the name of fruit as their company name. The well-known company Apple Inc. is a good example. I have also heard of Orange Group and Try Celery, an online survey company. Compared with creative words, the name of fruit could be more memorable and figural.
Chengzi.com (橙子)> Orange
Personally I love this one best so I put it here first. In additional to the fresh taste of orange, in Chinese “橙” has the similar pronunciation with “成” which means “success”. Demos Chiang, the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-Shek has his design company named as “橙果”. Besides, the brand name of “天橙” and “橙天” have both been taken by big companies.
Juzi.com (桔子)> Tangerine
The tangerine is also a kind of lucky fruit in China. In some parts in south China, people used to eat tangerines at the Spring Festival for good luck all year round. Juzi Hotel is a chain economic hotel in China. As the domain name Juzi.com is a CVCV.com type domain, it could be more valuable in branding.
Mitao.com (蜜桃) >Honey Peach
The year of 2016 is the year of monkey in China traditional calendar. What is the monkey’s favorite fruit? Peach perhaps. In the traditional Chinese culture, peach stands for longevity. When the senior celebrate their birthdays, the family shall prepare peach-shaped steam bread. “Tao(淘)” also can mean “buy” in Chinese. Especially after the biggest Chinese online market “Taobao” (owned by Alibaba) has launched, the character “Tao” can be seen everywhere. When we purchase something online overseas, we call it “Hai tao”(“Hai” is “海” in Chinese meaning overseas and ocean ); or when we are seeking for premium domain names to invest, we call it “Tao” domain names. Mitao is now a brand of imported commodities sales platform.
Pingguo.com (苹果)> Apple
Guess what is the most expensive “fruit” in the world? It shall be apple as far as I know. Apple Inc is worth about 550 billion recently in the stock market. Apple is also a symbol of luck in Chinese as its pronunciation could be related to “being well” and “peaceful”.
Huasheng.com(花生)> Peanut
In a Chinese wedding, peanuts could not be absent. The families and friends will spread the peanuts on the new couple’s bed, wishing that there could be children in the family soon. Chinese also like to wear gold peanuts (gold decorations made in the shape of peanut) in necklace and bracelet.
I know Chinese are really sophisticated. If you are interested in the domain names above, or have any other questions about the fruit domain names, please post your replies below. And I can help you to see how your domains can be related to the Chinese culture.
The fever of numeric domains is easy to follow since the Arabians has ready spread the numbers world widely. Besides the numeric domain names, Chinese are also fond of double Pinyin domains, which may have more language bias for foreign investors to know the meanings. As many Chinese words are composited of two characters and each character combines an initial consonant and simple or compound vowel to make up the pronunciation, double Pinyin can always correspond to one or more meaningful words.
Today I would like to introduce you some double Pinyin domains related to fruit. Many companies like to use the name of fruit as their company name. The well-known company Apple Inc. is a good example. I have also heard of Orange Group and Try Celery, an online survey company. Compared with creative words, the name of fruit could be more memorable and figural.
Chengzi.com (橙子)> Orange
Personally I love this one best so I put it here first. In additional to the fresh taste of orange, in Chinese “橙” has the similar pronunciation with “成” which means “success”. Demos Chiang, the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-Shek has his design company named as “橙果”. Besides, the brand name of “天橙” and “橙天” have both been taken by big companies.
Juzi.com (桔子)> Tangerine
The tangerine is also a kind of lucky fruit in China. In some parts in south China, people used to eat tangerines at the Spring Festival for good luck all year round. Juzi Hotel is a chain economic hotel in China. As the domain name Juzi.com is a CVCV.com type domain, it could be more valuable in branding.
Mitao.com (蜜桃) >Honey Peach
The year of 2016 is the year of monkey in China traditional calendar. What is the monkey’s favorite fruit? Peach perhaps. In the traditional Chinese culture, peach stands for longevity. When the senior celebrate their birthdays, the family shall prepare peach-shaped steam bread. “Tao(淘)” also can mean “buy” in Chinese. Especially after the biggest Chinese online market “Taobao” (owned by Alibaba) has launched, the character “Tao” can be seen everywhere. When we purchase something online overseas, we call it “Hai tao”(“Hai” is “海” in Chinese meaning overseas and ocean ); or when we are seeking for premium domain names to invest, we call it “Tao” domain names. Mitao is now a brand of imported commodities sales platform.
Pingguo.com (苹果)> Apple
Guess what is the most expensive “fruit” in the world? It shall be apple as far as I know. Apple Inc is worth about 550 billion recently in the stock market. Apple is also a symbol of luck in Chinese as its pronunciation could be related to “being well” and “peaceful”.
Huasheng.com(花生)> Peanut
In a Chinese wedding, peanuts could not be absent. The families and friends will spread the peanuts on the new couple’s bed, wishing that there could be children in the family soon. Chinese also like to wear gold peanuts (gold decorations made in the shape of peanut) in necklace and bracelet.
I know Chinese are really sophisticated. If you are interested in the domain names above, or have any other questions about the fruit domain names, please post your replies below. And I can help you to see how your domains can be related to the Chinese culture.
