seiyu

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 声優(せいゆう) (seiyū), from Middle Chinese (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, sound, voice) + (*ʔɨu, actor).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈfuh-k-y-oo]
  • Hyphenation: séi‧yu

Noun[edit]

seiyu (first-person possessive seiyuku, second-person possessive seiyumu, third-person possessive seiyunya)

  1. voice actor, an actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games in Japanese context.
    Hypernyms: pengisi suara, aktor suara

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈseiʝu/ [ˈsei̯.ʝu]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈseiʃu/ [ˈsei̯.ʃu]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈseiʒu/ [ˈsei̯.ʒu]

  • Rhymes: -eiʝu
  • Syllabification: sei‧yu

Noun[edit]

seiyu m or f by sense (plural seiyus or seiyu)

  1. voice actor (in Japanese)