演員

See also: 演员

Chinese

		to develop; to evolve; to practise to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act	person; employee; member
trad. (演員)		演	員
simp. (演员)		演	员

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yǎnyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yan³ yuan²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² jyun⁴ / jin⁵ jyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yên-yèn / yân-yàn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ián-oân / ián-goân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ing⁵ uang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵i-yoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnyuán
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-yüan²
    • Yale: yǎn-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanyuan
    • Palladius: яньюань (janʹjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: yan³ yuan²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ianwan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɛn⁵³ yan²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin² jyun⁴ / jin⁵ jyun⁴
    • Yale: yín yùhn / yíhn yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin² jyn⁴ / jin⁵ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin² yun⁴ / yin⁵ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ jyːn²¹/, /jiːn¹³ jyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yên-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien^ˊ ien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yân-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-oân
    • Tâi-lô: ián-uân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn'oaan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ uan¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ uan²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ uan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-goân
    • Tâi-lô: ián-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iefn'goaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡuan²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ing⁵ uang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: îng uâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ uaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵i-yoe
    • MiniDict: i^去 yoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²i-hhyoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /i³³ ɦyø⁴⁴/

Noun

演員

1. (countable) actor; performer (including singers, dancers, etc.) (Classifier: 個／个; 位; 名)

   相聲演員／相声演员  ―  xiàngsheng yǎnyuán  ―  cross-talk performer

   歌劇演員／歌剧演员  ―  gējù yǎnyuán  ―  opera singer

   她想當芭蕾舞演員。 [MSC, trad.]
   她想当芭蕾舞演员。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā xiǎng dāng bālěiwǔ yǎnyuán. [Pinyin]

   She wants to be a ballet dancer.

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 戲仔／戏仔

Derived terms

• 喜劇演員／喜剧演员 (xǐjù yǎnyuán)
• 特技演員／特技演员 (tèjì yǎnyuán)