谷爱凌

谷愛凌

Gǔ Àilíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Eileen Gu (freestyle skiing Olympic champion)

About Eileen Gu

born 2003 · 运动员 athlete

Freestyle skier born in San Francisco to a Chinese mother, who competes for China. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics she won gold in big air and halfpipe and silver in slopestyle.

Also called 青蛙公主

Characters

ice; to approach; draw near

Literally 'valley of love and ice'. A beautiful and evocative name.

Examples

HSK 6

谷爱凌在北京冬奥会上赢得了金牌。

Gǔ Àilíng zài Běijīng Dōng'àohuì shàng yíngdé le jīnpái.

Eileen Gu won a gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Tips

culture

Her mother named her 爱凌, 'love Ling', for her aunt 谷凌, who died in a car crash in 2002, a year before Eileen was born. The nickname 青蛙公主 'Frog Princess' comes from the green helmet she competed in.

Stroke Order

谷 gǔ

爱 ài

凌 líng

谷爱凌