英格丽

英格麗

Yīnggélì

proper noun #40,198

Meanings

1 Ingrid (female given name)

Characters

sound "In-"; hero

sound "-rid"; beautiful

Examples

HSK 2

英格丽从挪威来北京学中文。

Yīnggélì cóng Nuówēi lái Běijīng xué Zhōngwén.

Ingrid came from Norway to Beijing to study Chinese.

HSK 5

她给女儿取名英格丽，是为了纪念外婆。

Tā gěi nǚ'ér qǔmíng Yīnggélì, shì wèile jìniàn wàipó.

She named her daughter Ingrid in memory of her grandmother.

Tips

culture

The best-known bearer is the Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), 英格丽·褒曼, star of Casablanca. 英格丽 is the usual rendering; 英格里德 is a fuller one.

memory

丽 'beautiful' is a favourite last syllable for women's names, as in 玛丽 (Mary). 英 covers the In- or Ing- at the start, as in 英娜 (Inna).

Stroke Order

英 yīng

格 gé

丽 lì