马健 (Mǎ Jiàn) · Ma Jian, retired Chinese basketball player,…

Meanings

1 Ma Jian, retired Chinese basketball player, one of the first mainland Chinese to play NCAA Division I basketball

About Ma Jian

born 1969 · 运动员 athlete

Played college basketball for the University of Utah in the mid-1990s and nearly made the Los Angeles Clippers, years before 姚明 reached the NBA. He later became a TV basketball commentator.

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HSK 5

马健是第一批在美国打NCAA的中国篮球运动员。

Mǎ Jiàn shì dìyī pī zài Měiguó dǎ NCAA de Zhōngguó lánqiú yùndòngyuán.

Ma Jian was among the first Chinese basketball players to compete in the NCAA.

HSK 6

现在马健经常在电视上评论篮球比赛。

Xiànzài Mǎ Jiàn jīngcháng zài diànshì shàng pínglùn lánqiú bǐsài.

These days Ma Jian often appears on TV as a basketball commentator.

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mistakes

Same pinyin, different man: the London-based novelist Ma Jian, author of Red Dust and Beijing Coma, writes his name 马建. The basketball player's 健 means 'healthy, strong', as in 健康.