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Chien-Ming Wang at the event America Day Home Run! at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium 20200704
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總統府
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Photo credit

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Chien-Ming Wang (2312062796)
By
Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA
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王建民

Wáng Jiànmín
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball pitcher, former New York Yankees ace

About Chien-Ming Wang

born 1980 · 运动员 athlete

Baseball pitcher from Taiwan who won 19 games in both 2006 and 2007 for the New York Yankees. His starts drew huge TV audiences at home, where he was hailed as 台湾之光 (the pride of Taiwan).

Examples

HSK 5
王建民的伸卡球非常厉害。
Wáng Jiànmín de shēnkǎqiú fēicháng lìhai.
Chien-Ming Wang's sinker was incredibly effective.
HSK 6
王建民是台湾最有名的棒球选手之一。
Wáng Jiànmín shì Táiwān zuì yǒumíng de bàngqiú xuǎnshǒu zhīyī.
Chien-Ming Wang is one of Taiwan's most famous baseball players.

Tips

culture
Taiwanese media call him 建仔, adding 仔, a dialect word for 'kid', as a fond suffix. His heavy sinker made him an ace until 2008, when he tore a foot ligament running the bases, something American League pitchers rarely do.

Stroke Order

王 wáng
建 jiàn
民 mín