主演

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Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	to develop; to evolve; to practise to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act
simp. and trad. (主演)		主	演

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu² jin²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú-ián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chu³-yen³
  - Yale: jǔ-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juuyean
  - Palladius: чжуянь (čžujanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu² jin²
  - Yale: jyú yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy² jin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju² yin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵ jiːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-ián
  - Tâi-lô: tsú-ián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zwiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴¹/

Noun

主演

leading role (in a performance)
領銜主演／领衔主演 ― lǐngxián zhǔyǎn ― to play a leading role; to star

Synonyms

主角 (zhǔjué, zhǔjiǎo)

Verb

主演

to act the leading role (in a performance)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	演
しゅ Grade: 3	えん Grade: 5
kan'on	on'yomi

Noun

主(しゅ)演(えん) • (shuen)

playing the leading role
the leading actor or actress
アカデミー主演男優賞、アカデミー主演女優賞
Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actress
- 1930, 平林初之輔, ヴアン・ダインの作風:
  そのうちで前(まえ)の三(み)つは既(すで)に映画化(えいがか)され、ウィリヤム・パウエルの主演(しゅえん)で、三(み)つとも日本(にほん)へ輸入(ゆにゅう)された。
  Sono uchi de mae no mitsu wa sudeni eigaka sare, wiriyamu paueru no shuen de, mitsu tomo nihon e yunyū sareta.
  Soon, those three were turned into movies with William Powell as the leading actor, and all three were shown in Japan.

Verb

主(しゅ)演(えん)する • (shuen suru) suru (stem 主(しゅ)演(えん)し (shuen shi), past 主(しゅ)演(えん)した (shuen shita))

play the leading role, star

Conjugation

Conjugation of "主演する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	主演し	しゅえんし	shuen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	主演し	しゅえんし	shuen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	主演する	しゅえんする	shuen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	主演する	しゅえんする	shuen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	主演すれ	しゅえんすれ	shuen sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	主演せよ¹ 主演しろ²	しゅえんせよ¹ しゅえんしろ²	shuen seyo¹ shuen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	主演される	しゅえんされる	shuen sareru
Causative	主演させる主演さす	しゅえんさせるしゅえんさす	shuen saseru shuen sasu
Potential	主演できる	しゅえんできる	shuen dekiru
Volitional	主演しよう	しゅえんしよう	shuen shiyō
Negative	主演しない	しゅえんしない	shuen shinai
Negative continuative	主演せず	しゅえんせず	shuen sezu
Formal	主演します	しゅえんします	shuen shimasu
Perfective	主演した	しゅえんした	shuen shita
Conjunctive	主演して	しゅえんして	shuen shite
Hypothetical conditional	主演すれば	しゅえんすれば	shuen sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
主	演

Noun

主演 • (juyeon) (hangeul 주연)

hanja form^? of 주연 (“leading role”)

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