俳優

See also: 俳优

Chinese

		irresolute; not serious; variety show	excellent; superior
trad. (俳優)		俳	優
simp. (俳优)		俳	优

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páiyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paai⁴ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páiyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páiyou
    • Wade–Giles: pʻai²-yu¹
    • Yale: pái-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairiou
    • Palladius: пайю (pajju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paai⁴ jau¹
    • Yale: pàaih yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paai⁴ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pai⁴ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːi̯²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: beaj 'juw

Rime
Character	俳	優
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	皆 (33)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	步皆切	於求切
Baxter	beaj	'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠɛi/	/ʔɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚæi/	/ʔiu/
Shao Rongfen	/bɐi/	/ʔiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəɨj/	/ʔuw/
Li Rong	/bɛi/	/ʔiu/
Wang Li	/bɐi/	/ĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱăi/	/ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pái	yōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paai4	jau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*brɯːl  qu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	優
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yōu
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔ(r)u/
English	entertainer; liberal
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	俳	優
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	3065	15494
Phonetic component	非	憂
Rime group	微	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	排	憂
Old Chinese	/*brɯːl/	/*qu/

Noun

俳優

1. (obsolete) comedy variety show
2. (dated) comedian; actor

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (俳優):

• → Japanese: 俳優(はいゆう) (haiyū)
• → Korean: 배우(俳優) (bae'u)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俳	優
はい Grade: 6	ゆう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいゆう [hàíyúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

俳(はい)優(ゆう) • (haiyū) 

1. male or female actor

   衣笠(きぬがさ)氏(し)は映画監督(えいがかんとく)であるだけでなく、俳優(はいゆう)でもあった。

   Kinugasa-shi wa eiga kantoku de aru dake de naku, haiyū de mo atta.

   Kinugasa was not just a film director; he was also an actor.

Synonyms

• 役者(やくしゃ) (yakusha)

Related terms

• 男優(だんゆう) (dan'yū)
• 女優(じょゆう) (joyū)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
俳	優

Noun

俳優 • (bae'u) (hangeul 배우)

1. Hanja form^? of 배우 (“actor”).