马化腾

馬化騰

Mǎ Huàténg

proper noun

Meanings

born 1971 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Co-founder and head of 腾讯 (Tencent), started in Shenzhen in 1998, whose apps QQ and 微信 (WeChat) are used by most people in China.

Also called 小马哥

Literally 'Surname Ma, transform and soar' - a name suggesting ambition and success.

HSK 6

马化腾创立了腾讯公司。

Mǎ Huàténg chuànglì le Téngxùn gōngsī.

Pony Ma founded Tencent.

memory

Tencent's Chinese name 腾讯 takes the 腾 'gallop, soar' of his given name and adds 讯 'message'. His English name Pony plays on his surname 马 'horse'.

马 mǎ

化 huà

腾 téng