特鲁多

特魯多

Tèlǔduō

proper noun

Meanings

1 Trudeau (surname transliteration)
2 refers to Canadian prime ministers Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000) and his son Justin Trudeau (1971-)

Characters

special; phonetic te

state of Lu; phonetic lu

many; phonetic duo

Examples

HSK 4

小特鲁多从2015年开始担任加拿大总理。

Xiǎo Tèlǔduō cóng èr líng yī wǔ nián kāishǐ dānrèn Jiānádà zǒnglǐ.

Justin Trudeau has served as Prime Minister of Canada since 2015.

HSK 5

老特鲁多曾经两次当选总理。

Lǎo Tèlǔduō céngjīng liǎng cì dāngxuǎn zǒnglǐ.

Pierre Trudeau was elected prime minister twice.

Tips

usage

Chinese media disambiguates the two Trudeau prime ministers with 老特鲁多 ('Old Trudeau' = Pierre) and 小特鲁多 ('Young Trudeau' = Justin) - the same 老/小 prefix trick used for the Bush presidents (老布什/小布什).

memory

Three syllables for the French-Canadian surname: 特 (tè) + 鲁 (lǔ) + 多 (duō). The 多 at the end carries the -deau ending the way 戴高乐 (Dài Gāolè = de Gaulle) handles -aulle.

Stroke Order

特 tè

鲁 Lǔ

多 duō