加百利 (Jiābǎilì) · Gabriel (the archangel in Abrahamic…

Meanings

1 Gabriel (the archangel in Abrahamic religions; also a Western given name)

About Gabriel

Archangel of the Bible and the Quran who carries God's messages: in the Gospels he tells Mary she will bear Jesus, and in Islam he brings the revelations of the Quran to Muhammad.

Also called 加俾额尔、吉卜利勒

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

天使加百利向玛利亚报喜。

Tiānshǐ Jiābǎilì xiàng Mǎlìyà bàoxǐ.

The angel Gabriel announced the good news to Mary.

HSK 7-9

加百利是大天使之一。

Jiābǎilì shì dà tiānshǐ zhīyī.

Gabriel is one of the archangels.

Tips

culture

加 renders 'Ga-', 百 the 'b' and 利 the final '-el'; the r drops out. The Protestant Chinese Union Version actually writes 加百列; 加百利 is the form English-Chinese dictionaries give, and many modern Gabriels are 加布里埃尔.