懂王

Chinese

	to understand; to know	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (懂王)	懂	王
simp. ^#(懂王)	懂	王
Literally: “The King of Understanding Things”.

Etymology

From Trump's habit of saying he knows "more about [various things] than anybody", which is usually translated to "沒有人比我更懂……／没有人比我更懂…… ― Méiyǒu rén bǐ wǒ gèng dǒng...... ― No one knows more about ... than me.", especially in news headlines.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Dǒngwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄨㄤˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Dǒngwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥˇ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Dǒngwáng
  - Wade–Giles: Tung³-wang²
  - Yale: Dǔng-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Doongwang
  - Palladius: Дунван (Dunvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

懂王

(neologism, slang, humorous, sarcastic) Donald Trump

Synonyms

懂帝 (Dǒngdì)

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