影帝

影帝

Chinese

		picture; image; reflection picture; image; reflection; shadow	emperor
simp. and trad. (影帝)		影	帝

Etymology

Combination of "影" from "電影" (movie) and "帝" from "皇帝" (emperor) to denote a person who is awarded the greatest honor of acting in the film industry.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐngdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing² dai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngdì
    • Wade–Giles: ying³-ti⁴
    • Yale: yǐng-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingdih
    • Palladius: инди (indi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing² dai³
    • Yale: yíng dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing² dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying² dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³⁵ tɐi̯³³/

Noun

影帝

1. best male film actor; winner of the best actor award
2. (slang, derogatory, sarcastic) a man skillful at deception via acting.

Related terms

• 影后 (yǐnghòu, “best female actor”)
• 藝人／艺人 (yìrén, “actor (profession)”)
• 騙子／骗子 (piànzi, “swindler”)
• 表裡不一／表里不一 (biǎolǐbùyī, “duplicity”)