男優

Chinese

		male	excellent; superior
trad. (男優)		男	優
simp. (男优)		男	优

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nányōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ jau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányou
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-yu¹
    • Yale: nán-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naniou
    • Palladius: нанью (nanʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nányōur
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nányour
    • Wade–Giles: nan²-yu¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: nán-yōur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanioul
    • Palladius: наньюр (nanʹjur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ jau¹
    • Yale: nàahm yāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ jau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

男優

1. (dated) actor; male artist
2. (especially Japanese) pornographic actor

   AV男優／AV男优  ―  AVnányōu  ―  Japanese adult film actor

Antonyms

• 女優／女优 (nǚyōu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	優
だん Grade: 1	ゆう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃jɯ̟ː]
• (Tokyo) だんゆう [dàń'yúú] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

男(だん)優(ゆう) • (dan'yū) 

1. male actor

   Antonym: 女優 (joyū)

   Hypernyms: 俳優 (haiyū), 役者 (yakusha)

Further reading

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
男	優

Noun

男優 • (namu) (hangeul 남우)

1. hanja form^? of 남우 (“male actor”)