雅各布

Yǎgèbù

proper noun #7,728

Meanings

1 Jacob (name)
2 Jakob (German/Scandinavian name variant)

Characters

elegant; refined

cloth; to spread

Examples

雅各布是我的同事。

Yǎgèbù shì wǒ de tóngshì.

Jacob is my colleague.

圣经里的雅各布有十二个儿子。

Shèngjīng lǐ de Yǎgèbù yǒu shí'èr gè érzi.

Jacob in the Bible had twelve sons.

Tips

usage

雅各布 is the standard transliteration of Jacob/Jakob in Chinese. The biblical figure is also sometimes written as 雅各 (Yǎgè) without the 布, especially in older translations.

Stroke Order

雅 yǎ

各 gè

布 bù