巴特尔 (Bātè'ěr) · Mengke Bateer, Mongolian-Chinese basketball…

Meanings

1 Mengke Bateer, Mongolian-Chinese basketball center, former NBA player and CBA champion

About Mengke Bateer

born 1975 · 运动员 athlete

Ethnic Mongolian basketball centre who joined the NBA in 2002 and became the first Chinese player to win an NBA title, with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003. With 姚明 and 王治郅 he made up China's "Walking Great Wall".

Also called 蒙克·巴特尔

Characters

巴

bā

to hope for; transliteration

特

tè

special; transliteration

尔

ěr

you; transliteration

Examples

HSK 6

巴特尔是第一位获得NBA总冠军戒指的中国球员。

Bātè'ěr shì dìyī wèi huòdé NBA zǒng guànjūn jièzhi de Zhōngguó qiúyuán.

Bateer was the first Chinese player to win an NBA championship ring.

HSK 7-9

巴特尔来自内蒙古。

Bātè'ěr láizì Nèi Měnggǔ.

Bateer is from Inner Mongolia.

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culture

His full name is the Mongolian Mönkhbaatar, 'eternal hero'; baatar is the 'hero' in 乌兰巴托, Ulaanbaatar, 'red hero'. Chinese fans call him 大巴, 'big Ba', which is also the everyday word for a coach bus.