俳優

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See also: 俳优

Chinese

irresolute; not serious; variety show excellent; superior
trad. (俳優) 俳 優
simp. (俳优) 俳 优

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 俳 優
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 皆 (33) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II III
Fanqie 步皆切 於求切
Baxter beaj 'juw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bˠɛi/ /ʔɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bᵚæi/ /ʔiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bɐi/ /ʔiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bəɨj/ /ʔuw/
Li
Rong 		/bɛi/ /ʔiu/
Wang
Li 		/bɐi/ /ĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/bʱăi/ /ʔi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		pái yōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		paai4 jau1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 優
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yōu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ʔjuw ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔ(r)u/
English entertainer; liberal

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 俳 優
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 3065 15494
Phonetic
component 		非 憂
Rime
group 		微 幽
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		排 憂
Old
Chinese 		/*brɯːl/ /*qu/

Noun

俳優

  1. (obsolete) 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)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

俳(はい)優(ゆう) • (haiyū) 

  1. male or female actor
    衣笠(きぬがさ)氏(し)は映画監督(えいがかんとく)であるだけでなく、俳優(はいゆう)でもあった。
    Kinugasa-shi wa eiga kantoku de aru dake de naku, haiyū de mo atta.
    Kinugasa was not just a film director; he was also an actor.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
俳優

Noun

俳優 • (bae'u) (hangeul 배우)

  1. hanja form? of 배우 (“actor”)
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