梨園子弟

See also: 梨园子弟

Chinese

		Pear Garden	sons and younger brothers; children; young people sons and younger brothers; children; young people; later generations
trad. (梨園子弟)		梨園	子弟
simp. (梨园子弟)		梨园	子弟

Etymology

梨園 (Pear Garden royal acting and musical academy) + 子弟 (children)

Opera performers have always begun training from a very young age.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Líyuán zǐdì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ jyun⁴ zi² dai⁶ / lei⁴ jyun^4-2 zi² dai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Líyuán zǐdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Líyuán zǐhdì
  - Wade–Giles: Li²-yüan² tzŭ³-ti⁴
  - Yale: Lí-ywán dž-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liyuan tzyydih
  - Palladius: Лиюань цзыди (Lijuanʹ czydi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lei⁴ jyun⁴ zi² dai⁶ / lei⁴ jyun^4-2 zi² dai⁶
  - Yale: lèih yùhn jí daih / lèih yún jí daih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ jyn⁴ dzi² dai⁶ / lei⁴ jyn^4-2 dzi² dai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ yun⁴ ji² dei⁶ / léi⁴ yun^4-2 ji² dei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ tɐi̯²²/, /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ tɐi̯²²/

Noun

梨園子弟

(archaic) opera troop performers

References

梨園 / 梨园 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Pear Garden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia