伽利略

Jiālìlüè

proper noun #21,521

Meanings

1 Galileo Galilei (Italian astronomer and physicist)

About Galileo Galilei

1564–1642 · 科学家 scientist

Italian astronomer and physicist who turned the telescope on the sky, found the moons of Jupiter and argued that the Earth moves round the Sun, for which the Church kept him under house arrest.

Characters

伽

jiā

used in transliterations

Phonetic transliteration of 'Galileo'

Examples

HSK 7-9

伽利略是现代科学的奠基人之一。

Jiālìlüè shì xiàndài kēxué de diànjīrén zhīyī.

Galileo Galilei is one of the founders of modern science.

Tips

mistakes

伽 is jiā here, as in 瑜伽 'yoga', but gā in 伽马 'gamma' and qié in 伽蓝 'Buddhist temple'. Like English, Chinese uses his given name; his surname Galilei is 伽利莱.

Stroke Order

伽 jiā

利 lì

略 lüè

伽利略