雅克布

Yǎkèbù

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Meanings

1 Jakob / Jacob (European masculine given name, transliteration)

Characters

elegant; transliteration syllable

to overcome; transliteration syllable

cloth; transliteration syllable

Examples

雅克布是德国一位有名的足球运动员。

Yǎkèbù shì Déguó yí wèi yǒumíng de zúqiú yùndòngyuán.

Jakob is a famous German footballer.

我朋友给儿子起名叫雅克布。

Wǒ péngyou gěi érzi qǐ míng jiào Yǎkèbù.

My friend named his son Jakob.

Tips

usage

Continental-European 'Jakob/Jakub' transliteration (German, Polish, Czech). 雅 (yǎ, elegant) for 'Ja-', 克 (kè) for the hard '-k-', 布 (bù) for '-b'. The English form 'Jacob' (long-A) more often becomes 雅各布 with the extra 各. Biblical Jacob in Chinese is the separate 雅各 (Yǎgè).

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

克 kè

布 bù