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Kobe Bryant 2014
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Keith Allison
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科比

Kēbǐ
proper noun #38,362

Meanings

  1. 1 Kobe Bryant (basketball legend)

About Kobe Bryant

1978–2020 · 运动员 athlete

American basketball player who spent all 20 of his NBA seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and won five titles. Hugely popular in China, he was killed in a helicopter crash; his 曼巴精神 ("Mamba mentality") is still quoted.

Also called  科比·布莱恩特、 小飞侠、 黑曼巴

Examples

HSK 5
Kēbǐ shì yǒushǐyǐlái zuì wěidà de lánqiú yùndòngyuán zhīyī.
Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Tips

culture
His parents named him after Kobe beef, seen on a restaurant menu. Chinese calls the Japanese city and its beef 神户, but the player 科比, by sound. Fans quote him for 凌晨四点的洛杉矶, 'Los Angeles at 4 a.m.', shorthand for training before dawn.

Stroke Order

科 kē
比 bǐ