Some Chinese nicknames for Rockets players, plus their huge following in China

Wrong thread buddy. very wrong.

 

we call Landry 'LanLan' because of 'Asakawa Ran' -- the popular Japanese AV Star. :grin: :grin:

 

Anyone who really love basketball won't lose the passion to watch this Rockets for their tough and hard working spirit.

 

Francis ：Franchise Fu lao da （means he is the leader of the team)
Garnett :king-wolf; KG
Dwight: superman

 

StreetFighter

 

I thought Howard was magic beast? Mo sho? Magic = Mo and sho = beast?

Don't flame me if i am wrong Chinese is my kind of my 5th language that i am half assing along with French and Italian haha...

 

Mo shu means magic?

 

Dikembe Mutombo

We Chinese respectfully call him Uncle Mu because of his "old age".

 

Does Mo by itself mean magical?

 

Actually, Mo(Chinese character : 魔)itself mean magical(有魔力的)

However, in this case, the "Mo" in D Howard's Chinese nickname(Mo Shou,Chinese: 魔兽) may be better refers to "evil"(恶魔的) or "demon"(魔鬼)

You see,many "魔" characters

 

Hahahah Dwight is evil indeed :grin:

 

I thought Howard was Devil.(Mo shou in chinese)

Mo = Devil , Shou = Beast .

It is hard to describe it.

 

are there really a lot of yao haters in china? i wouldn't have expected that

 

To summarize:

Little Black Bean = AB

Four-karat Diamond = Scola

Little Tank = Lowry

God Bird = Landry

Kongfu Master = Wafer


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Awesome.

Would have been fun to guess whose nicknames linked to who.
I wonder if we would have guessed. They all seem to fit very well.

 

And another nickname for AB = Core bu.

Because it is very important for Rockets.

 

Dampier is King Dam,cause He ever said that he is the most powerful C after O'neal.
Dirk Nowitzki called "Driver" cause the "zKi" means Driver in Chinese.
Ariza called "Ironza" cause he alway like a blacksmith "Dang,Dang,Dang..."

Landry called LanLan cause there is a super Japn pron star named "RanRan"

 

That's probably because many of those Chinese nicknames are synonyms, acronyms, puns, etc, unless you really know Chinese, it's hard for non-Chinese speakers to grasp.



And great analysis of the history btw. As a person that grew up in China, I think that's the key to understanding China and the Chinese.

 

I've always thought the Great Wall Bill was talkin about is the gameplay, as in, someone drives in the lane, then hits a wall that cannot be moved that is Yao Ming.

 

That dude's translation is actually a little bit off. Landry should be the "great bald rooster."

 

In Chinese it sounds completely neutral, cute and loveable.