艾格尼斯

Àigénísī

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Meanings

1 Agnes (female given name of Greek origin, meaning 'pure')

Characters

mugwort; phonetic 'A-'

pattern; phonetic '-g-'

Buddhist nun; phonetic '-ne-'

this; phonetic '-s'

Examples

艾格尼斯是这部小说的女主角。

Àigénísī shì zhè bù xiǎoshuō de nǚ zhǔjué.

Agnes is the heroine of this novel.

艾格尼斯·瓦尔达是法国新浪潮的重要导演。

Àigénísī Wǎ'ěrdá shì Fǎguó xīn làngcháo de zhòngyào dǎoyǎn.

Agnès Varda is an important director of the French New Wave.

Tips

culture

Common European female name (Greek hagnē 'pure'); Saint Agnes is one of the seven virgin martyrs commemorated in the Catholic Mass. Famous bearers transliterated as 艾格尼斯 include filmmaker Agnès Varda (艾格尼斯·瓦尔达), and the character Agnes from《卑鄙的我》(Despicable Me). Some Chinese sources also use 艾格妮丝 or 阿格尼丝 for the same name.

Stroke Order

艾 ài

格 gé

尼 ní

斯 sī