zero better appoint someone to cover up blagogate first!
What is Obama's name in Chinese characters?
I don't know Chinese but I have a Chinese-English dictionary (Langenscheidt's--PRC characters with pinyin equivalents).
O as first tone (high, level) can be an expression of understanding ("oh!"). O as second tone (sharp rising) is an expression of doubt. Ba as first tone can mean "8" or "scar," as second tone "pull out," as fourth tone (starts high, then falls) "dad," "tyrant," "dam," "stop," or "handle." Ma as first tone can mean "mom," or "wipe," as second tone "hemp," as third tone (falling then rising again) "horse" or "yard," and as fourth tone "curse" or "swear."
Which combination is most suitable? "Oh! Tyrant Horse"? ""Oh! Tyrant Curse"?
I like the idea of "ma" as "horse" being the "ma" of his name, because the same character is used in writing the name Marx.
No doubt the Red Chinese and the Chinese on Taiwan and elsewhere have already figured out an accepted rendition of his name.