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)⁺
  - Pinyin: nányōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naniou
  - IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ i̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: nányōur
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄢˊ ㄧㄡㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nanioul
  - IPA ^(key): /nän³⁵ jɤʊɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ jau¹
  - Yale: nàahm yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ yeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ 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

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) だんゆう [dàń'yúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA^(key): [dã̠ɰ̃jɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

男優 (hiragana だんゆう, rōmaji dan'yū)

male actor

Antonyms

女 (じょ)優 (ゆう) (joyū) actress

Related terms

俳優 actor
役者 actor

References

1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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