<p>Trump sounds like Trump. Many Chinese speakers whose English is not so hot will say 'ah' or 'oh' after English words, like: goodah, coldah.</p>

<p>This is the character for 啊 a, this is 哦 o. They are often added at the end of sentences for reasons of prosody.</p>

<p>You can say: 对 dui, meaning 'correct', but mostly you will hear 对阿 dui a 'correct'</p>

<p>Maybe he is making a (political) joke:<br>
What's your name?<br>
Trumpoh!</p>

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2017-05-11T06:59:49.393Z
The official Chinese version of Donald Trump's last name is 特朗普 (te-lang-pu), so it has a "u" sound at the end. He might mean it as a joke, or he may just think of it as an English name that sounds good.
KWeiss
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2017-05-13T09:47:21.320Z
Although I believe this is the most correct answer. But I want to clarify that, adding "ah" or "oh" after English words is totally not the same situation with adding 啊 after 对. The reason for the former one is that Chinese speakers tend to have a vowel in every syllable, and only /n/, /ŋ/ can appear after the vowel. Therefore, a syllable like `/trʌmp/` is not valid in the eye of Chinese. They would tend to say `/'ʨuanpɤ/` so that it feels more natural for them. As for 对 vs 对啊, it's not a phonetic thing, but pragmatics.
Harry Summer
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2017-05-01T05:47:17.733Z
2017-05-01T05:47:17.733Z
Pedroski
<p>Maybe it is his <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%B3%E5%90%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">乳名</a>. Parents call their child using such 'nickname'. Kids aren't really aware that, whether to give their real-name or nickname to other to name him/her, sometimes.  </p>

<p>It is just a guess. You may better consult his parent to reveal.</p>

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2017-05-08T12:54:32.200Z
cuter44
<p>I teach English online to children in China. One of my students has autism and cannot answer many questions. When I ask him what his name is, he always says "My name is Drumpou (or Trumpou)," which is not his name. He is trying to communicate something but I don't know what it is.</p>

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2017-05-02T22:28:17.917Z
Thank you for your ideas. It does sound like Trump. He is autistic, as I mentioned, but he could be making a political joke.
Judith Burnell
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Word that sounds like dumpou or trumpou
# Word that sounds like dumpou or trumpou

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-04-30)

I teach English online to children in China. One of my students has autism and cannot answer many questions. When I ask him what his name is, he always says "My name is Drumpou (or Trumpou)," which is not his name. He is trying to communicate something but I don't know what it is.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for your ideas. It does sound like Trump. He is autistic, as I mentioned, but he could be making a political joke.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-01. Score: 1

Trump sounds like Trump. Many Chinese speakers whose English is not so hot will say 'ah' or 'oh' after English words, like: goodah, coldah.

This is the character for 啊 a, this is 哦 o. They are often added at the end of sentences for reasons of prosody.

You can say: 对 dui, meaning 'correct', but mostly you will hear 对阿 dui a 'correct'

Maybe he is making a (political) joke:  
What's your name?  
Trumpoh!

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: The official Chinese version of Donald Trump's last name is 特朗普 (te-lang-pu), so it has a "u" sound at the end. He might mean it as a joke, or he may just think of it as an English name that sounds good.  
> **username_3**: Although I believe this is the most correct answer. But I want to clarify that, adding "ah" or "oh" after English words is totally not the same situation with adding 啊 after 对. The reason for the former one is that Chinese speakers tend to have a vowel in every syllable, and only /n/, /ŋ/ can appear after the vowel. Therefore, a syllable like `/trʌmp/` is not valid in the eye of Chinese. They would tend to say `/'ʨuanpɤ/` so that it feels more natural for them. As for 对 vs 对啊, it's not a phonetic thing, but pragmatics.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2017-05-08. Score: -1

Maybe it is his [乳名](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%B3%E5%90%8D). Parents call their child using such 'nickname'. Kids aren't really aware that, whether to give their real-name or nickname to other to name him/her, sometimes.

It is just a guess. You may better consult his parent to reveal.


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