Malcolm Turnbull given strange nickname by Chinese media

He may have only been prime minister for a few days but Malcolm Turnbull has already been given an unusual nickname by the Chinese media.

Mr Turnbull has been dubbed "sugar bun", the BBC reports, a play on words involving his surname.

Roughly translated, Turnbull sounds like "tang bao" or "sweet bun".

He's not the first public figure to be given a strange nickname in China, but things could be much worse for the new PM.

Nicki Minaj's Chinese nickname translates to "Numbing Spicy Chicken", while James Franco has been dubbed "Rotten Orchard".

Taylor Swift is called "Mould mould" and Leonardo DiCaprio goes by "Pikachu".