奧巴馬

See also: 奥巴马

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (奧巴馬)		奧	巴	馬
simp. (奥巴马)		奥	巴	马

Etymology

From English Obama, from Luo obam (“to lean or bend”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Àobāmǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄠˋ ㄅㄚㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou³ baa¹ maa⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Àobāmǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄠˋ ㄅㄚㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Àobamǎ
  - Wade–Giles: Ao⁴-pa¹-ma³
  - Yale: Àu-bā-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Awbamaa
  - Palladius: Аобама (Aobama)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou³ baa¹ maa⁵
  - Yale: ou bā máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou³ baa¹ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou³ ba¹ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯³³ paː⁵⁵ maː¹³/

Proper noun

奧巴馬

(PRC, Hong Kong) A transliteration of the English surname Obama
- 美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克·奧巴馬，這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。 [MSC, trad.]
  美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克·奥巴马，这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2008: 周琪 (Zhou Qi), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜？ ([Observations on the American Elections] Why did Obama have a great victory?)
  Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì. [Pinyin]
  The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.

Synonyms

(Taiwan) 歐巴馬／欧巴马 (Ōubāmǎ)

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