安琪儿

安琪兒

ānqí'ér

noun #16,751

Measure Word

一个安琪儿 gè

Meanings

1 angel (loanword from English)

Characters

Phonetic transliteration of 'angel'. The characters give it a beautiful feel: 'peaceful jade child'.

Examples

她长得像个安琪儿一样。

Tā zhǎng de xiàng gè ānqí'ér yīyàng.

She looks just like an angel.

冰心写过一篇关于安琪儿的散文。

Bīngxīn xiěguò yī piān guānyú ānqí'ér de sǎnwén.

Bing Xin wrote an essay about angels.

Tips

usage

安琪儿 is a literary/poetic loanword, popular in early 20th-century Chinese literature (especially Bing Xin). In modern daily Chinese, 天使 (tiānshǐ) is far more common for 'angel'.

Stroke Order

安 ān

琪 qí

儿 ér