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Michael Jordan
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Joshua Massel. Cropped by en:User:Quadzilla99
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Michael Jordan holds up his Chicago Bulls jersey on September 12, 1984
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United Press International
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乔丹

喬丹
Qiáodān
proper noun #9,005

Meanings

  1. 1 Michael Jordan (American basketball player)

About Michael Jordan

born 1963 · 运动员 athlete

American basketball player who won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s. Broadcasts of those years made him a household name in China, and his Air Jordan shoes are still prized.

Also called  迈克尔·乔丹

Characters

乔
qiáo
tall
丹
dān
red
Phonetic transliteration of 'Jordan'.

Examples

HSK 5
迈克尔·乔丹是有史以来最伟大的篮球运动员之一。
Màikè'ěr Qiáodān shì yǒushǐyǐlái zuì wěidà de lánqiú yùndòngyuán zhīyī.
Michael Jordan is one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Tips

culture
Hong Kong calls him 米高·佐敦 (mai⁵ gou¹ zo² deon¹), with the same 佐敦 (zo² deon¹) as the city's Jordan district, and Taiwan writes 麦可·乔丹. In 2006 the Global Times put him, the only athlete, on its list of 50 foreigners who shaped modern China.

Stroke Order

乔 qiáo
丹 dān