男優

Chinese

		male	excellent; superior
trad. (男優)		男	優
simp. (男优)		男	优

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nányōu

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ jau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nányōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nányou
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-yu¹
  - Yale: nán-yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naniou
  - Palladius: нанью (nanʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nányōur
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nányour
  - Wade–Giles: nan²-yu¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: nán-yōur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanioul
  - Palladius: наньюр (nanʹjur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ jau¹
  - Yale: nàahm yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yeo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

男優

(dated) actor; male artist
(especially Japanese) pornographic actor
AV男優／AV男优 ― AVnányōu ― Japanese adult film actor

Antonyms

女優／女优 (nǚyōu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
男	優
だん Grade: 1	ゆう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だんゆう [dàń'yúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃jɯ̟ː]

Noun

男(だん)優(ゆう) • (dan'yū)

male actor

Antonyms

女優(じょゆう) (joyū) actress

Related terms

俳優(はいゆう) (haiyū)
役者(やくしゃ) (yakusha)

References

Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

^ 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
男	優

Noun

男優 • (namu) (hangeul 남우)

hanja form^? of 남우