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

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

(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)