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

HSK 2

她长得像个安琪儿一样。

Tā zhǎng de xiàng gè ānqí'ér yīyàng.

She looks just like an angel.

HSK 5

冰心写过一篇关于安琪儿的散文。

Bīngxīn xiě guò 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 is far more common for 'angel'.

Stroke Order

安 ān

琪 qí

儿 ér