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/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 俳優

1. (historical) 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)

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Japanese

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

Noun

俳(はい)優(ゆう) • (haiyū) 

1. male or female actor

   衣笠氏(きぬがさし)は映画監督(えいがかんとく)であるだけではなく、俳優(はいゆう)であった

   Kinugasa-shi wa eiga kantoku dearu dake de wa naku, haiyū de atta

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

Related terms

• 男優 male actor
• 女優 actress

• 役者 actor

References

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

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Korean

Hanja in this term
俳	優

Noun

俳優 • (bae'u) (hangeul 배우)

1. Hanja form^? of 배우 (“actor”).