Chinese Nicknames for NBA Players (Explained)

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  • @michaelangeloiguess1453
    @michaelangeloiguess1453 5 лет назад +1240

    I still can't believe Damian Lillard hit that 40 foot shot on pickled peppers

    • @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938
      @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938 5 лет назад +10

      💀💀💀

    • @Koolprinted
      @Koolprinted 5 лет назад +48

      Pickled Peppers - it was a bad shot
      Classic Anime man - NANII??

    • @daddyshark3415
      @daddyshark3415 5 лет назад

      Michaelangelo I guess LFMAOO☠️☠️😂

    • @golden-sun
      @golden-sun 5 лет назад

      Mmm I know i love reliving it

    • @Randeeeeee
      @Randeeeeee 5 лет назад +8

      When u put it like that the shot seems so much less impressive 😂😂😂

  • @s33thr3w
    @s33thr3w 5 лет назад +462

    "Striking iron," a sophisticated way to say, "brick." Lol that's actually pretty funny.

  • @BAS9713
    @BAS9713 5 лет назад +2159

    Imagine being called devil's blade or King of the wolves. Shit doesn't get much more epic than that

    • @hatsale6111
      @hatsale6111 5 лет назад +169

      Don't forget The Flying Pig

    • @jasonli2594
      @jasonli2594 5 лет назад +76

      BAS Curry’s “fucks the sky” nickname is still my favourite 😂😂😂

    • @ArkbladeIX
      @ArkbladeIX 5 лет назад +4

      @Erik Lerström Cute GOD tho

    • @kreksonedits
      @kreksonedits 5 лет назад +21

      I think cringe god is the best

    • @ballislife9924
      @ballislife9924 5 лет назад +12

      To be called as an Emperor is also pretty cool

  • @ballislife9924
    @ballislife9924 5 лет назад +604

    Ladies and Gentlemen...
    At 6 foot 8 and 250 pounds, a three time NBA world champion, with the number 23, from Akron Ohio
    *THE MAN WHO TOOK SIX STEPS*

    • @itsgl00my88
      @itsgl00my88 5 лет назад +43

      "Le emperor" 😂👌

    • @mirmir9368
      @mirmir9368 5 лет назад +17

      Gonna read this with sir announcer voice!

    • @01LuvDan
      @01LuvDan 5 лет назад +7

      Damn...that's brutal!!!

    • @Akaya7777
      @Akaya7777 5 лет назад +18

      That sounds like the title of a really deep book

    • @-caesar3751
      @-caesar3751 5 лет назад +2

      Ballislife99 name was given when he wore the no 6 and after he took 6 steps in games

  • @Some_One_456
    @Some_One_456 5 лет назад +1896

    *Durant’s nickname is probably “The man who sheds his skin”*

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 5 лет назад +26

      Bahahaha!!!

    • @dantezhang9084
      @dantezhang9084 5 лет назад +83

      We still call him kd tho, or school backpack du. Coz when him was coming up as a thunder, we thought his behavior is more like a good student in school. Yeah..

    • @Bigboi223GotEm
      @Bigboi223GotEm 5 лет назад +4

      dante zhang wow that’s so good lol

    • @alaxians2441
      @alaxians2441 5 лет назад +6

      脫皮人 would be it (just ask ur chinese niggas for confirmation)

    • @SadismIsGood
      @SadismIsGood 5 лет назад +38

      In Taiwan, Durant's nickname is pronounced as Du Lan, which means poking dick.

  • @kungtatchi
    @kungtatchi 5 лет назад +914

    In Hongkong, the aging Tony Parker's nickname of "French Racecar" has been downgraded to "French Wheelchair" lol.

  • @Awestinite
    @Awestinite 5 лет назад +631

    I actually love this insight into how the two languages differ and how the pronunciation works. Good stuff. Like from me

    • @MDJiang
      @MDJiang  5 лет назад +16

      thanks jose

  • @verward
    @verward Год назад +14

    Some of these knicknames are absolutely savage. Imagine taking 1 look at someone's name, then deciding "hell nah, I'm not gonna pronounce all these letters, you the alphabet man"

  • @zombieapocolipse69
    @zombieapocolipse69 5 лет назад +730

    Even the Chinese still call DeMarcus Cousins and emotional lesbian 😂

  • @theblackhokage
    @theblackhokage 5 лет назад +469

    I lost it at the "flying pig" 🤣

    • @neutralnickhotel
      @neutralnickhotel 5 лет назад +3

      hey there cutie

    • @zinho9169
      @zinho9169 5 лет назад +8

      idk why my favorite was mashed tofu lmao

    • @yilongliu2353
      @yilongliu2353 5 лет назад +6

      its more of flying boar i guess, hahaha cuz boar in chinese is called wild pig

    • @kevinchen2167
      @kevinchen2167 5 лет назад +1

      Zinho9 it’s should be translated as stinky toufu. But I guess mashed tofu sounds better to describe his busted face lol

    • @colinning5926
      @colinning5926 5 лет назад

      He was also called as THE BIG MOUTH

  • @stevebrooks86
    @stevebrooks86 5 лет назад +384

    Love this topic! Never seen it covered before. As a Chinese-American I've always wanted to know the story behind Chinese NBA nicknames. Keep up the great work MDJ!

    • @MDJiang
      @MDJiang  5 лет назад +18

      @Erik Lerström OMG PEWDIEPIE YOU WATCH MY VIDEOS???? I LOVE YOU MAN

    • @Ruben-wm7hx
      @Ruben-wm7hx 5 лет назад +7

      Erik Lerström Nah that was funny man chill

    • @josevelezjr.9922
      @josevelezjr.9922 5 лет назад

      @@Ruben-wm7hx Swedes are the new savage. Seth Everman?

  • @bread-in_j
    @bread-in_j 5 лет назад +535

    He didn't even mention the best one, Steph Curry with "Sky Fucker"

    • @KingJohnTX
      @KingJohnTX 5 лет назад +3

      Why tho?

    • @yolojack3988
      @yolojack3988 5 лет назад +135

      King John Because in Chinese if you want to say someone nails something insanely, you can describe it as “Shang tian” which means “going sky high”. And beyond that level would be “ri tian” which is “fuck the sky”. (Shang=going up, tian=sky and ri=fuck) And Curry long shots are just insane enough to be called ri tian. So he becomes Ku Ri Tian which is like Curry fucks sky or Curry the Sky Fucker. Also by that time there was a trending meme on Chinese social media, a random guy whose first name is Ritian randomly bolsters himself along with 3 others, and people meme with what they say and their names, especially ritian given the special meaning.

    • @dbc643
      @dbc643 5 лет назад +58

      @@KingJohnTX "Sky" in China has a meaning of destiny and fate. Curry often change the destiny and fate of the game with his jumpers. "Sky Fucker" a man who is powerful enough to butt fuck the destiny.

    • @jgao
      @jgao 5 лет назад +5

      It should be Heaven Fucker.

    • @iceborne1061
      @iceborne1061 5 лет назад +12

      NO NO NO NO,the chinese word 天tian means sky,it's right correct,but if we r not talking about the weather or geography,it means the god.So his nickname is "God fucker" or "the man ,who has fucked Michael Jordan"lmfao

  • @gonzalo2465
    @gonzalo2465 5 лет назад +1106

    Nobody:
    Chinese people: Let’s call Curry cute god

    • @Mytoes256
      @Mytoes256 5 лет назад +60

      Sad Cavs Fan why isn’t Oubre called that

    • @dcstrong1373
      @dcstrong1373 5 лет назад +38

      @@Mytoes256 Fr that man the cutest in the NBA

    • @gonzalo2465
      @gonzalo2465 5 лет назад +84

      *Dwight Howard has entered the chat*

    • @NotOneToFly
      @NotOneToFly 5 лет назад +1

      @Sad Cavs Fan Accurate af though. ThinkingBasketball has Curry as the MVP this year and he's not wrong (though Giannis deserved it).

    • @lebryanthoward9416
      @lebryanthoward9416 5 лет назад +15

      His nickname was created during the early years, when he was still with Monta Ellis. He was cuter back then without the beard and stuff.

  • @scarecrow0774
    @scarecrow0774 5 лет назад +135

    From now on I'm calling Russell Westbrook ninja turtle and theres nothing anyone can do to stop me

    • @ZhangtheGreat
      @ZhangtheGreat 5 лет назад +5

      Master Splinter does not approve 😉

  • @aaronpaul8929
    @aaronpaul8929 5 лет назад +643

    The king who strikes iron was the best thing in this video 😂
    Edit:thx for the likes

    • @Ruben-wm7hx
      @Ruben-wm7hx 5 лет назад +121

      aaron paul Also “The man who takes six steps” that had me dead😂

    • @kreksonedits
      @kreksonedits 5 лет назад +22

      Jiro Batt or the flying pig lmfao

    • @DINO92AVFC
      @DINO92AVFC 5 лет назад +31

      Ninja Turtle made me pause the video for good 30 seconds to contemplate what I just heard 😂

    • @LeBronJames-gq3zc
      @LeBronJames-gq3zc 5 лет назад +1

      aaron paul that should’ve been westbrick

    • @thomaspaiva6919
      @thomaspaiva6919 5 лет назад +2

      Sister in law was the worst lmao

  • @StefveoX
    @StefveoX 5 лет назад +82

    Wow dude, I speak mandarin but I don’t see how I could possibly explain this better than you did. Such a logical and procedural approach. Keep it up! Do another one! I read somewhere about all the different “mambas” that were hilarious 😂

    • @chrislee3720
      @chrislee3720 5 лет назад +9

      红曼巴 Red mamba - Matt Bonner 绿曼巴 Green mamba - Kyrie Irving(in Celtics) 黄曼巴 Yellow mamba - Brandon Roy 白曼巴 White mamba - Brian Scalabrine 秃曼巴Bald mamba - Manu Ginobili 苦曼巴 Hard working mamba - Victor Oladipo 养生曼巴 Andrew Wiggins (nourishing mamba bashing his incompetent playstyle which left his athletic and gift in vain)笑曼巴 Smiling mamba - Corey Brewer (he has another nickname Company commander, from a character who is the Chinese cavalry company commander in a TV series '亮剑')....

    • @lf3127
      @lf3127 5 лет назад +4

      棺曼巴(coffin mamba) iguodala this means Iguodala has very low performance in regular season like dead people, but in playoff, he is alive and looks like just break out from his coffin

    • @StefveoX
      @StefveoX 5 лет назад

      Lingfan Zhang Coffin Mamba is absolutely hysterical lmao

  • @KOCChristian
    @KOCChristian 5 лет назад +624

    Yo Chinese nickname are lit bruh making me want learn Chinese

    • @galaxy3130
      @galaxy3130 5 лет назад +2

      RichGang CEO i am mostly chinese so lol

    • @boatboystrackclub6528
      @boatboystrackclub6528 5 лет назад +8

      Don’t it’s hard

    • @k.rick_9993
      @k.rick_9993 5 лет назад +21

      Avery Bradley’s Son It is but that’s no reason not to try

    • @joecutts83
      @joecutts83 5 лет назад +8

      RichGang CEO You have the broken English down already, keep up the good work. 🈯️

    • @jiabaohuang6376
      @jiabaohuang6376 5 лет назад +1

      no dont do it, as I learned English, I realize how hard Chinese is.

  • @dragonsun3141
    @dragonsun3141 5 лет назад +77

    I always find chinese nicknames much cooler than English ones, I would like to list some of my favorite nicknames:
    Dirk Nowitzki: 德国战车 the German Tank, referring to his nationality and range
    Steve Nash: 风之子 Son of the Wind, referring to his speed
    Khris Middleton: 那个男人 That Man. This is a internet meme of basically calling Middleton a legend, as he played the last two Celtics series during the playoffs with godly performances. Middleton became a name that terrorizes Celtic fans and he was referred to as That Man ever since.
    Bledsoe: 血布, where 布(bù) is the phonetic word for Bled, while 血(xiě) means blood, making this a nice wordplay -- Blood Bled. Also, blood is a symbol of a fighter or masculinity in the Chinese culture, so it also reflects his slasher play style.
    Kuzma: 裤子马 Pants Ma, because Pants in Chinese,裤子(kù zì),is a homonym to Kuz. Instead of typing the Chinese gibberish version of Kuzma, we prefer to call him Pants Ma.
    Fultz: 富儿子 Rich Son. In Chinese, 富儿子 is homonymous to Fultz.
    Doncic: 077, because 0 can be read as 洞(literally means a hole. This is an alternative pronunciation, like saying o instead of zero, in this case we call it a hole), which sounds like Don, and two 7s(qī qī) sounds like cic. This happens to be Doncics number too.
    Lonzo: Ball Man.

    • @miguelcastanres7288
      @miguelcastanres7288 3 года назад +3

      What r u guys gonna call Melo then if Zo is 'Ball Man'?

    • @theobuniel9643
      @theobuniel9643 3 года назад +5

      @@miguelcastanres7288 Maybe it’s gonna be the same case with the Gasol bros; Zo is “Big Ball” and Melo is “Little Ball”.

    • @FirashAdryan
      @FirashAdryan 3 года назад +4

      Ngl German Tank and Son of The Wind is hard af

    • @Lincoln_Jiang0204
      @Lincoln_Jiang0204 2 года назад

      @@miguelcastanres7288 there’s big ball ball2 and ball3

    • @jiquandeng
      @jiquandeng Год назад +4

      @@miguelcastanres7288 Since LeMelo is the third son of the Ball family ,we calling him “三球” ,三 refer to 3 or 3th, 球 refer to Ball,basically “the third ball ” 🤣

  • @konyinjoshua9693
    @konyinjoshua9693 5 лет назад +884

    Thought you were gonna start with harden, guess he took another L this week

    • @konyinjoshua9693
      @konyinjoshua9693 5 лет назад +3

      JonathanIsaacStan steal jokes?

    • @christyjestin
      @christyjestin 5 лет назад +3

      Ya facts wtf is dahuzi

    • @michaelhaydenbell
      @michaelhaydenbell 5 лет назад +5

      Wtf is ANY of yall talking about right now?? If that joke IS stolen, then it's a lame fuckin joke to steal.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr 5 лет назад +3

      James Harden is 軟羊鳥

    • @MegaAlbert64
      @MegaAlbert64 5 лет назад +9

      Travel Agent

  • @gl00my._
    @gl00my._ 5 лет назад +331

    Curry’s also known as the “Sky Fucker” for all his high-arching threes

    • @Kunumbah1
      @Kunumbah1 5 лет назад +14

      What in the actual fuck 😂

    • @J.D....
      @J.D.... 5 лет назад +57

      @someone 库日天 (kù rì tiān) - "Curry Fuck the Sky / Steph Skyfucker"

    • @Peepy-ypeeP
      @Peepy-ypeeP 5 лет назад +13

      @someone Sky's the limit --> Fuck the sky

    • @iceborne1061
      @iceborne1061 5 лет назад +11

      no no no no no ,im a chinese ,i know the nickname ,it's 库日天。库ku:cu(rry),日ri:fuck,天:sky,but here,this sky means the god in chinese.So,the nickname means:God fucker.And chinese fans call Michael Jordan the God of basketball.As u see,the nickname of curry is :the man who fucked Michael Jordan.Im fucking for sure.lmfao

    • @iceborne1061
      @iceborne1061 5 лет назад +6

      @@J.D.... The Sky means the god sometimes,so...Curry is the man,who has fucked Michael Jordan.

  • @Kyle-xn9qb
    @Kyle-xn9qb 5 лет назад +166

    Part 2 of this topic please! Always enjoy your videos

  • @juanmatias5932
    @juanmatias5932 5 лет назад +109

    “Do you know the legend of the man who takes six steps”
    -*Confucius*

    • @rorschachgotnicemask9449
      @rorschachgotnicemask9449 5 лет назад

      duuuuuuude! you are a god

    • @cariopuppetmaster
      @cariopuppetmaster 3 года назад

      It's better translated as boy who took 6 steps

    • @miguelcastanres7288
      @miguelcastanres7288 3 года назад

      "No... it can't be... he who defeated the man who strikes iron?"

    • @funpuns085
      @funpuns085 2 года назад

      @@miguelcastanres7288 “Yes, and the guy that got dawged by the Sky Fucker’

    • @miguelcastanres7288
      @miguelcastanres7288 2 года назад

      @@funpuns085 no... It can't be... I remember stories about the Lead of 3-1.

  • @NewKota
    @NewKota 5 лет назад +671

    “Cringe God” 🤣💀

  • @nyk2000m
    @nyk2000m 5 лет назад +216

    Harden - 一灯大师 Master One Lamp, due to his obnoxious eye defense. In Mandarin blinking = 瞪 which sound like DEN, which also sound like lamp 灯。Master One Lamp is a very popular character in Chinese Martial Art novel.
    Steph - 库日天 Skyfucker, referring to his ridiculous 3 points shooting accuracy that probably can shot down the sky / heaven
    Tristan Thompson - 八贤王 Eight Wise Prince. He got 8+8 regularly and sign a 80 millions contract. In Chinese legend Eighth Wise Prince is the good brother of a famous Chinese Emperor, so it is also a reference to being loyal friend of Bron.
    Andre Iguodala - 棺曼巴 Mamba in a coffin. Referring to his pedestrian performance in regular time but will stuck you at critical timing / making big shot.
    Joel Embiid - 大帝 Great Emperor
    Dario Saric - 丞相 prime minister, referring to his Philly day being a good sidekick for Embiid

    • @imnotgay_butineedthemoney
      @imnotgay_butineedthemoney 5 лет назад +10

      Thank you for adding more.

    • @kent1312
      @kent1312 5 лет назад +3

      Harden should be nicknamed the traveler

    • @jamal8370
      @jamal8370 5 лет назад +1

      Does Nikola Jokic have a chinese nickname?

    • @nyk2000m
      @nyk2000m 5 лет назад +19

      Jokic - 约老师。It's like Teacher Jo. The nickname Teacher for his tremendous fundamental basketball skills obviously. But Mainlander also nicknamed famous Japan AV star Sora Aoi as Teacher Aoi 苍老师。For her mentoring work on Sex Education... So are they implying Teacher Jokic as mentoring basketball? I dunno...

    • @바디보살
      @바디보살 5 лет назад

      登神=Deng Shen=Den God= Genie

  • @averax4427
    @averax4427 5 лет назад +194

    and javale mcgee is
    同一个男人
    (meme man)

  • @_MrMoney
    @_MrMoney 5 лет назад +322

    wait, you're telling me that LBJ in China is named 'Le Emperor' lol

    • @ermocrate
      @ermocrate 5 лет назад +132

      The Man who takes 6 steps

    • @coryspivey4410
      @coryspivey4410 5 лет назад +3

      ermocrate then rises up and slams it in everyone’s face emperor style

    • @jrthe2nd494
      @jrthe2nd494 5 лет назад +8

      Man forever in shadow of Michael Jordan

    • @01LuvDan
      @01LuvDan 5 лет назад +1

      @@ermocrate Hahaha that is full of hatefulness. His fans won't allow someone to call him this way. If you did that in some of the forums, you might be banned forever.

    • @ermocrate
      @ermocrate 5 лет назад

      @@01LuvDan Did you watch the video? That's one of the nicknames for LBJ in China the guy said... And in what forum you could be banne for calling that whiny bitch this way?

  • @kaffeeo5070
    @kaffeeo5070 5 лет назад +68

    The 少(shao) in 威少for westbrook can mean young,but here I think it's short for young master 少爷(shao ye). Just like how servants refer to sons of their employers as young master, in Chinese they call them 少爷(shaoye) and while other people will also refer to young masters of a respected family as such, e.g. 王少(wang shao) = short for young master wang. This nickname probably came from when the thunder had a promising young core of durant, westbrook, ibaka and harden called 雷霆四少(lei ting si shao) "the four young masters of Thunder".
    Loved the video, hope you will make more of them.

    • @yts2103
      @yts2103 4 года назад

      @@jishaoshu Yes but in addition to the young part, 少爷also indicate status

  • @kite0impulse
    @kite0impulse 5 лет назад +148

    Game of Zones needs to make an episode about worshippers from the east.
    "ALL HAIL THE KING WHO STRIKES IRON"

    • @CDio-vr3bx
      @CDio-vr3bx 5 лет назад +6

      kite0impulse the amount of material with manu ginoboli and Garnett.
      Beware the king of wolves and the devils blade

  • @luantrindade8325
    @luantrindade8325 5 лет назад +16

    This is the greatest piece of audio visual entertainment ever produced in the history of humanity

  • @isaacverhelst3983
    @isaacverhelst3983 5 лет назад +168

    Tony Parker: French sports car
    Manu: THE DEVIL’S BLADE

    • @stevenmata6299
      @stevenmata6299 5 лет назад +7

      Don't forget about the stone emperor

    • @chrislee3720
      @chrislee3720 5 лет назад +1

      Manu has another nickname The White Mamba...

    • @jiabaohuang6376
      @jiabaohuang6376 5 лет назад +4

      @@chrislee3720 that is Matt Bonner

    • @zjz19900621
      @zjz19900621 5 лет назад +11

      @@chrislee3720 Manu is the bald mamba.

    • @cq7499
      @cq7499 5 лет назад

      Steven Mata yeah, GDP team

  • @adubizon2243
    @adubizon2243 5 лет назад +52

    Someone bring this vid to the attention of TNT and have Chuck Kenny Shaq and Ernie break it down at some point. This is a goldmine

  • @woodah33
    @woodah33 5 лет назад +49

    They called Charles Barkley a flying pig lmaooo

  • @bobfrediii2131
    @bobfrediii2131 5 лет назад +190

    Your name?
    I am , The devils blade
    Oh I’m little sister cousin

  • @khiemnguyen8478
    @khiemnguyen8478 5 лет назад +48

    We need NBA players to react to this video! 😂

  • @i1shadow361
    @i1shadow361 5 лет назад +106

    My favorite player's nickname is "The Devil's Blade."
    I love it holy shit

    • @schmacdaddymcfly4059
      @schmacdaddymcfly4059 5 лет назад +5

      Our favorite player Manu also has another chinese nickname called "鬼切", it means "ghost/demon slash", named after his unpredictable style of cutting and driving.

    • @richardren7662
      @richardren7662 5 лет назад +3

      Manu is called 妖刀. And 妖 in Chinese has more means than the Devil. Chinese sometimes call someone who is a master of one or more field a 妖( You can conisder it as someone loves something like be bewitched ). So we call him 妖刀(The Devil`s Blade ) is a sort of respect.

    • @lbjlakerslegend818
      @lbjlakerslegend818 4 года назад +2

      unfortunately,Manu got another nickname, which is bald mamba. 😂

  • @garbage7746
    @garbage7746 5 лет назад +229

    Chinese NBA fans have no chill, damn. Some of these nicknames are straight ruthless 😂😂

    • @TheSuperNats
      @TheSuperNats 5 лет назад +40

      “Cringe god” “sister in law” and “flying pig” fucking killed me

    • @emilysyoutubechannel2259
      @emilysyoutubechannel2259 5 лет назад +15

      Right! Imagine being called O’Fatty

    • @gamerdude1246
      @gamerdude1246 5 лет назад +3

      CRINGE GOD

    • @daniellige5311
      @daniellige5311 5 лет назад +11

      @@TheSuperNats It's not sister in law it's worse than that. It's "little female cousin".

    • @zinho9169
      @zinho9169 5 лет назад +9

      *In stadium announcer* "Maaaaaaaaaashed Tofuuuuuuuuuuuu, for 3"

  • @fotisvassileiou7406
    @fotisvassileiou7406 5 лет назад +201

    Conclusion : Chinese critics are very mean

    • @youngcitybandit
      @youngcitybandit 5 лет назад +5

      No holding back 💀💀

    • @MDJiang
      @MDJiang  5 лет назад +60

      Chinese critics can speak their mind because the government has already imposed political correctness on them

    • @anthonynorman7545
      @anthonynorman7545 5 лет назад

      @@MDJiang 😟...😨...well you're not wrong...but feels bad man...🤕

    • @dannywang4673
      @dannywang4673 5 лет назад +13

      @@MDJiang it's right but totally irrelevant.
      We are talking about basketball not politics right??

    • @itsgl00my88
      @itsgl00my88 5 лет назад +1

      @@dannywang4673 they should be able to be harsh in basketball, because they aren't allowed to in politics.

  • @ANJROTmania
    @ANJROTmania 5 лет назад +18

    Do part 2 please! If you run out of NBA players, maybe other well known sports athletes, or even celebrities would do!

  • @bozo8603
    @bozo8603 5 лет назад +57

    I sometimes feel like I'm missing out on Chinese internet. From the little snippets I've seen they've got some solid meme tastes.

    • @zhiyuanchen6211
      @zhiyuanchen6211 5 лет назад +5

      It helps that the Chinese don't really care about hurt feelings.

    • @samuelyuyaohe
      @samuelyuyaohe 5 лет назад +7

      chinese language is too good for creating memes trust me

    • @yts2103
      @yts2103 5 лет назад +5

      You guys really are hahaha. New memes pop up on Weibo every week and most of the time it's pretty solid hahaha. Also helps that the Chinese language is very efficient for wordplays and jokes

    • @andreilyas1426
      @andreilyas1426 5 лет назад

      @@zhiyuanchen6211 Because it's secluded.

  • @yukailiu7287
    @yukailiu7287 5 лет назад +39

    We call Gasol as Sister in law with another reason is that we also call Kobe as "老大"(lao da) which refers to "big bro" in Lakers, and Gasol&kobe is like a pair couple(DUO)....Big bro's wife, of course, is sister in law..lol

    • @totsbig
      @totsbig 3 года назад

      That's actually smart lol

  • @ChaoPow
    @ChaoPow 5 лет назад +5

    Love it! I'm Chinese and I love how you've provided such a detailed explanation. 喬幫主, the nickname for Jordan, is not only the most famous character of the Chinese Martial Arts novel, is also considered by many as the greatest. This is fitting because Jordan is the greatest! Thanks for the video!

  • @alexW-z8u
    @alexW-z8u 5 лет назад +23

    "The man who takes six steps" came from a highlight of Lebron doing a layup, he literally took six steps to make that layup!

  • @skeletondude8583
    @skeletondude8583 5 лет назад +113

    I never knew I wanted to know something so badly until this video
    Thanks lol

  • @relaxstaycalm1906
    @relaxstaycalm1906 5 лет назад +94

    Lebron = 六步朗 aka The man who takes six steps = LeTravel 😂😂😂

  • @CookiePosion
    @CookiePosion 5 лет назад +122

    if you play league of legends the champion lucian (who is black) was nicknamed "Obama" by chinese fans 😂

    • @talhakarsloglu4278
      @talhakarsloglu4278 5 лет назад +22

      Omg thats hilarious.

    • @DawnofIsai
      @DawnofIsai 5 лет назад +21

      They have a couple good nicknames for players too lmao. I love their version of Reddit especially after a Chinese team loses in an international event because Chinese fans flame hard and are ruthless.

    • @TheIcemanthomas
      @TheIcemanthomas 5 лет назад

      lol

    • @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938
      @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938 5 лет назад

      Bruh💀

    • @sannstrom4537
      @sannstrom4537 5 лет назад +8

      if i play with the white skin Lucian does that make it mj

  • @calm_hawk5167
    @calm_hawk5167 5 лет назад +123

    So, Javale McGee's nickname basically translates out to "😱 god"?

  • @barles_charkley614
    @barles_charkley614 5 лет назад +30

    Love the original content👌

  • @gohyang1011
    @gohyang1011 5 лет назад +27

    and we call Middleton "that man",那个男人,
    it has special mean for celtics fans in China,because THAT MAN,
    Middleton always gets so many 3 points balls in games with celtics,
    celtics fans fear so much when Middleton gets the ball and shoot,
    that they dont want hear Middleton name,giving nim THAT MAN replacing his real name.
    after games with BUCKS,now chinese fan knows THAT MAN.

  • @colinning5926
    @colinning5926 5 лет назад +58

    Chandler Parsons was called 钱得了 怕甚事 because of the similar pronunciation, and these 6 characters mean "Got the money, what do I scare?"

    • @anthonyw5166
      @anthonyw5166 5 лет назад +6

      when you connect it with his career, that actually will be more interesting

    • @samuelyuyaohe
      @samuelyuyaohe 5 лет назад +1

      Anthony w exactly thats what we have been making fun of...signing big contracts and play a few games a year lol

  • @tonyhuang5957
    @tonyhuang5957 5 лет назад +2

    Good vid. Kobe also has a chemical nickname as Fe3O4 iron means he misses the shot Oxygen in Chinese is pronounced the same as fade-away shots. And in Chinese pronunciation of this chemical means he is mister who misses three out of 4 of this fade-away shots haha. There are sooo many nickname of the NBA star like this of Kobe’s. Chinese language has a rich culture that makes these nicknames proper LOL

  • @kendricktan9004
    @kendricktan9004 5 лет назад +8

    I LOVE THIS VIDEO. Grew up in Shanghai so I've been watching basketball on CCTV5 for the past 14-15 years now. Loved watching these nicknames come to life.

  • @gohyang1011
    @gohyang1011 5 лет назад +17

    kobe: Fe3O4 ,a chemical material .
    Fe3O4 in chinese is 四氧化三铁(si yang hua san tie),also same pronunciation with 四(4) 仰(jumping shoot) 化(TO) 三(3) 铁(missed goal),(when kobe backward jumping shoots for 4 times he will miss 3 times),we use it to tune he missed so much,also like Fe2O3.
    BUT NO MALICE!
    We love him so much.
    now he have many daughters......we call it 四投全失,means he missed all 4 goals.

    • @samuelyuyaohe
      @samuelyuyaohe 5 лет назад

      go hyang 仰 mans particularly “fade away” instead of jump shot

    • @gohyang1011
      @gohyang1011 5 лет назад

      @@samuelyuyaohe thx thats accurate

    • @samuelyuyaohe
      @samuelyuyaohe 5 лет назад

      go hyang :-)

  • @lowspeak
    @lowspeak 5 лет назад +52

    What about Luka & Jeremy Lin? And Durant?

    • @yuyang3991
      @yuyang3991 5 лет назад +10

      IG Mylegasi Durant got some disrespectful nicknames from haters lol

    • @RagingSorrowDR
      @RagingSorrowDR 5 лет назад +63

      Durant's name is Si Shen, which means the grim reaper in Chinese. Fans also like to call him Shubao Du. Shubao means backpck and Du is short for Durant. This nickname is referring to him always wearing backpacks. Haters call him Du Ruan, which sounds like Durant, but Ruan means soft and Du is short for Durant, so Soft Durant is the meaning. We often call Luka Dong 77, because Dong sounds like Don in Chinese and 77 sounds like cic, hence his last name Doncic. We just call Jeremy Lin his first name in Chinese, Shuhao, or Hao Ge, which means Brother Hao

    • @tommytexter4054
      @tommytexter4054 5 лет назад +18

      Jermey Lin has a Chinese name.

    • @iHeartPunk007
      @iHeartPunk007 5 лет назад +4

      Luka is nicknamed 077 in China

    • @itsgl00my88
      @itsgl00my88 5 лет назад +1

      @@tommytexter4054 nickname.

  • @alvarogrrr8522
    @alvarogrrr8522 5 лет назад +3

    One of my favourite videos of yours. So much information and so well explained. You're the real mvp

  • @jeanmarie1824
    @jeanmarie1824 5 лет назад +28

    Man, I remember the first time I told the dude that my fave is antetokounmpo and he was like, do you mean Mr alphabets ? 😂

  • @SuzhouChen
    @SuzhouChen 5 лет назад +1

    I am Chinese and I have been living in U.K. for 13 years but I still can't explain our culture to westerners in such a clear way. Well Done Bro! I learned a lot from this video!

  • @joewalker36
    @joewalker36 5 лет назад +4

    Great video pls make this a series

  • @Uchawibeatz
    @Uchawibeatz 5 лет назад

    This is now my favorite video on RUclips by far! Great job!

  • @sweetpepino1907
    @sweetpepino1907 5 лет назад +10

    I think Manu is now my favorite player just because his nickname is the devil's blade. Doesn't get any better than that

  • @christ.7594
    @christ.7594 5 лет назад

    Really like the video, very interesting! As a German guy living in Korea and frequently struggling with the transliteration of names or expressions I appreaciate the unique perspective! Keep up the good work!

  • @chrislee3720
    @chrislee3720 5 лет назад +51

    And an emotional one 追梦, Draymond, 追梦sounds like Draymond and it means chasing dreams, it refers to DG's hard path to success in the NBA, really a good one.
    As for the haters they call him 追蛋, this refers to him attacking LBJ's private parts in 2016 NBA finals and got banned.

    • @aboonstra2613
      @aboonstra2613 5 лет назад +4

      Thts fkin hilarious

    • @akaobjects6536
      @akaobjects6536 5 лет назад +16

      @@aboonstra2613 and the funniest part is that追蛋in Chinese simply means chasing the testicle😂. It became a lot funnier when compared to the previous one😂

  • @tobaliciousholland12
    @tobaliciousholland12 5 лет назад

    I love how the vast majority of these nicknames are insulting or at best patronizing. Some of these had me dying. I'm sharing this video on FB and I subscribed. AWESOME STUFF!!

    • @citytianyu
      @citytianyu 5 лет назад

      Actually, yes. For example, Fat (pig is actually about fat as well) is always a joking material for Chinese as long as it's talking about a MAN who you believe you have a GOOD relationship with. Otherwise, it is insulting.

  • @WaveDaBreaker
    @WaveDaBreaker 5 лет назад +85

    How could you not mention Dirk Nowitzki being called the German Panzer Tank

    • @kinghuntrlive
      @kinghuntrlive 5 лет назад +5

      Lmaooo

    • @chrislee3720
      @chrislee3720 5 лет назад

      Rammstein is translated into German Panzer too..

    • @cancui1192
      @cancui1192 5 лет назад +5

      Now we call Dirk old driver, tzki sounds like 司机(driver) in Mandarin, old driver also means punter, lol

    • @wishahayou
      @wishahayou 5 лет назад +1

      Chinese fans call Dirk Nowitzki “driver” in Mandarin meaning “siji”(司机),sometimes call Dirk “Silver Horn the junior demon king”, in which as an artistic creative role 《Chinese Journey to the West》 one of Four Great Classical Novels

    • @alexshawcn
      @alexshawcn 5 лет назад

      he got a better one, Old Driver.... Driver in Chinese read Si Ji which sounds like -zki. And in internet sub culture context, Driver also has a subtle meaning of those who share porn video online(for fun not for profits). Why then? not clear, maybe just for fun

  • @myronteo9169
    @myronteo9169 5 лет назад +1

    I think, another thing to point out with why the chinese characters change (like with Kobe) is because when typing Chinese with a keyboard, auto suggest results start to appear. In Kobe's case, when "wo ke" is typed out, the first option would probably be 蜗壳 (as an actual word, snail shell, would be a better auto prediction from the software's perspective), instead of 我科 (the "actual" meaning of the nickname). Love this video, makes me proud to be Chinese :D

  • @xiaoyiyuan11
    @xiaoyiyuan11 5 лет назад +6

    Most funny ones are : Kevin Durant : school backpack Durant ( he wore glasses and school backpack to dressing room and take interview, and thanks his mom , all sound like a good student )
    Joel embbid :Joel always trolls on twitter on being the king / emperor of the basketball. He got the Chinese Knick name of The emperor . Not only that, in ancient history of China, every time one emperor made a statement. A government official will write this down for record keeping and public announce it . So every time embbid says something , Chinese fans of sixers will write down what he says in Shakespeare ancient language style .
    Eg embid : we will come back and get them next year .
    Chinese fans : since the 3rd year of emperor embid’s ruling , the emperor says : we shall return and thy shall be dead .

  • @Qulize
    @Qulize 5 лет назад +3

    Part 2 please. This was both enjoyable and informative lol.

  • @TheKyubiisaan
    @TheKyubiisaan 5 лет назад +5

    Yo you should do a part two this was dope, I actually recognized a couple characters that got modified into kanji

  • @LAzii1117
    @LAzii1117 5 лет назад +9

    As a Chinese-American, I finally understood these nicknames... Thanks!

  • @ofallmyintention9496
    @ofallmyintention9496 5 лет назад +13

    "The man who takes six steps." lol.

  • @MoNercy
    @MoNercy 5 лет назад +1

    As a Chinese speaker who has only ever lived in an English speaking country and thought of NBA players only by their English names, this was hugely insightful. Would love to see a part 2 one day.

  • @alexl9799
    @alexl9799 5 лет назад +7

    Chinese nicknames make you sound a million times more epic lol

  • @RayLuomba
    @RayLuomba 5 лет назад

    I'm a Chinese and I already know/heard most of those Chinese nicknames, but I still find this video very entertaining. Good job on the very to-the-point explanation and pop-up pictures! Thumbs up!

  • @吴天-s3l
    @吴天-s3l 5 лет назад +18

    Stephen Curry's another Chinese nickname is 库日天(Ku Ri Tian)or 库昊(Ku Hao),昊(日 above 天)…… 日 (ri)in Chinese means Sun and…… Fuc* ,天 (tian)means Sky or Heaven. So, Curry's nickname could be translated as Skyfuc*er......lol

  • @jonjasinski8865
    @jonjasinski8865 5 лет назад

    Awesome video man, thanks. I'm an American living in China, love the puns in Mandarin and your vid highlights that for an American audience better than anything I've seen.

  • @danielllll521
    @danielllll521 5 лет назад +43

    "The King who strikes iron" I get that's akin to bricking a shot but that sounds kinda cool

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 5 лет назад +5

      It sounds dope as fuck.

    • @aespa690
      @aespa690 5 лет назад +1

      Its more like "the king of striking iron"

    • @JonahLoeb
      @JonahLoeb 5 лет назад

      @@aespa690 also accurate

    • @gupan211
      @gupan211 5 лет назад +4

      There're a lot of memes about Kobe bricking: listen to kobe's games, kobe's highlight.mp3, etc... no offense, lifetime laker fan here :)

    • @alexshawcn
      @alexshawcn 5 лет назад +1

      Yes, iron striking in Chinese means exactly bricking

  • @fox9769
    @fox9769 5 лет назад +2

    wow this is one of the most unique nba videos out there. Keep up the good work Mark love your content. Jia You

  • @MrIhavecereal
    @MrIhavecereal 5 лет назад +3

    First time ive seen this channel, def coming back. This was great.

  • @cy9987
    @cy9987 5 лет назад +1

    Heyy MDJ Im a Chinese NBA fan as well!! Cant believe i only just find out about this channel. You have my subs!

  • @huangalex2063
    @huangalex2063 5 лет назад +5

    Great vid! I am a student in Taiwan, and I can't stop laughing while watching this vid😂. Wonder how none Chinese speaker thinks though🤔🤔
    btw, I've been watching your video for a while now but This is the first time I hear you say Chinese😂
    加油!你真的是我最喜歡的youtuber! Keep up the good work!

  • @Mutomboandchicken
    @Mutomboandchicken 5 лет назад +1

    This is awesome! thank you for sharing a whole different perspective and love of the game! It's unbelievable how much this game has grown globally since I was a kid!

  • @Chunyboy2
    @Chunyboy2 5 лет назад +21

    Dam I was hoping to see JR Smith. 神经刀 (shénjīng dāo), or “Psychotic Blade.”

    • @juntianwei9273
      @juntianwei9273 4 года назад

      Fillin TheBlank it can be used to describe any 3 and D players who are not consistent

  • @LZAK123
    @LZAK123 5 лет назад

    Hahaha. Yo, this is probably one of the best video's you've put out. I hope my dude Mike Korzemba's Chinese nickname is 'Man who jumps really high'

  • @differentname6904
    @differentname6904 5 лет назад +7

    Everyone : uses Chinese stereotypes to describe someone
    China: right back at you buckeroo

  • @carapo66
    @carapo66 5 лет назад

    One of the best RUclips clips I've seen this week and I'm not even a basketball fan. Thanks.

  • @MJW777
    @MJW777 5 лет назад +10

    Westbrook being called a ninja turtle is the funniest thing ever

  • @BambooPlant30
    @BambooPlant30 5 лет назад +1

    please make this a series!

  • @Shinobi6407
    @Shinobi6407 5 лет назад +15

    Javale McGee being the cringe god has made my day

  • @TheXuism
    @TheXuism 4 года назад +8

    Let me introduce Zion Williams's nickname: 胖虎 (fat tiger).

    • @kwokwailok8524
      @kwokwailok8524 4 года назад

      And the nickname is also refer to Chinese translation of Gian, a character which is from a Japanese anime Doraemon.

  • @jd5179
    @jd5179 5 лет назад +10

    "The man who takes 6 steps" should be for James Harden

  • @KingKamRei
    @KingKamRei 5 лет назад +1

    I’d love to see more of these man!

  • @pherelucas2262
    @pherelucas2262 5 лет назад +6

    McGee got his nickname "囧神" partly because he frequented Shaqtin' A Fool, which is often translated as "沙克五大囧" in Chinese.

  • @Tubiggiesmalls
    @Tubiggiesmalls 5 лет назад

    This is one of the most interesting videos I’ve seen in awhile. Goodshit.

  • @hswater3000
    @hswater3000 5 лет назад +5

    Fred VanVleet is called "Knockoff Jordan" because he possesses and shoots the ball as much as MJ...it was a sarcastic nickname until Raptors won Bucks 4 games in a row

  • @zzasserzz
    @zzasserzz 3 года назад

    This is an amazingly underrated video. You did amazing work bro

  • @blue-phoenix115
    @blue-phoenix115 5 лет назад +6

    Cousins part got me... Lost the no laugh challenge.

  • @henrygreen2096
    @henrygreen2096 5 лет назад

    This is one of my favourite videos on RUclips, love hearing about culture differences

  • @lamurcribb985
    @lamurcribb985 5 лет назад +28

    “the king who strikes iron” 😂😂😂😂

  • @wowcnmovie
    @wowcnmovie 5 лет назад +1

    从心里佩服你的英语,来美国这么久我都没信心能像你说的这么明白,口音也非常好。你真棒👍

  • @colinning5926
    @colinning5926 5 лет назад +5

    Kyle Anderson was called The Human Highlight Creep, because of his slow-move