Barack Obama, photo 1 of 2

Barack Obama, photo 2 of 2

奥巴马

奧巴馬

Àobāmǎ

proper noun

Meanings

1 Barack Obama (44th US president)

About Barack Obama

born 1961 · 政治家 politician

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, the first African American to hold the office, after serving as a US senator for Illinois.

Also called 贝拉克·奥巴马、欧巴马、奥观海

Characters

profound; mysterious; Austria (abbr.)

to long for; cling to; paste; abbr. for Palestine/Palestinian

Phonetic transliteration of 'Obama'.

Examples

HSK 5

奥巴马是美国第一位黑人总统。

Àobāmǎ shì Měiguó dì-yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng.

Obama was the first African-American president of the United States.

HSK 5

奥巴马在大学发表了演讲。

Àobāmǎ zài dàxué fābiǎo le yǎnjiǎng.

Obama gave a speech at the university.

Tips

culture

The nickname 奥观海 goes back to a scroll he was given on his 2009 China visit reading 观海听涛, 'watch the sea, listen to the waves'. Netizens joked that 听涛 meant 'obey 涛', the last character of 胡锦涛.

Stroke Order

奥 ào

巴 bā

马 mǎ