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Chinese
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irresolute; not serious; variety show
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excellent; superior
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trad. (俳優)
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俳
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優
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simp. (俳优)
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俳
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优
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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優
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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yōu
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Middle Chinese
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‹ ʔjuw ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ʔ(r)u/
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English
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entertainer; liberal
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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俳
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優
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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3065
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15494
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Phonetic component
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非
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憂
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Rime group
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微
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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排
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憂
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Old Chinese
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/*brɯːl/
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/*qu/
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Noun
俳優
- (obsolete) comedy variety show
- (dated) comedian; actor
Descendants
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
俳優 • (haiyū)
- male or female actor
- 衣笠氏は映画監督であるだけでなく、俳優でもあった。
- 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
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
- Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
俳優 • (bae'u) (hangeul 배우)
- hanja form? of 배우 (“actor”)