角色

角色

Chinese

		actor	kind
trad. (角色)		角	色
simp. #(角色)		角	色
alternative forms		腳色／脚色 character; role

Etymology

From earlier 腳色／脚色 (juésè).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juésè, jiǎosè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄜˋ, ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gok³ sik¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kok-set
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kak-sek / kak-siak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gioh⁴ sêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juésè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuésè
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-sê⁴
    • Yale: jywé-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyueseh
    • Palladius: цзюэсэ (czjuesɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 絕色／绝色 腳色／脚色 角色

      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; common pronunciation in Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎosè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎosè
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-sê⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeauseh
    • Palladius: цзяосэ (czjaosɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 腳色／脚色 角色

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: gok³ sik¹
    • Yale: gok sīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ sik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gog³ xig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 各色 腳色／脚色 角色

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kok-set
    • Hakka Romanization System: gog` sed`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gog⁵ sed⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kok̚² set̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-sek
    • Tâi-lô: kak-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kakseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-siak
    • Tâi-lô: kak-siak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaksiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gioh⁴ sêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kioh sek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioʔ²⁻⁴ sek̚²/

Noun

角色

1. character (in a story, video game, etc.); role (in a play, film, etc.) (Classifier: 個／个)
2. (gaming) character (Classifier: 隻／只)
3. (figuratively) function; role; part (Classifier: 個／个)

Derived terms

反面角色 (fǎnmiàn juésè) 玩家角色 (wánjiā juésè) 角色扮演 (juésè bànyǎn) 非玩家角色 (fēi-wánjiā juésè)

大型多人在線角色扮演遊戲／大型多人在线角色扮演游戏 (dàxíng duōrén zàixiàn juésè bànyǎn yóuxì) 性別角色／性别角色 (xìngbié juésè) 社會角色／社会角色 (shèhuì juésè) 角色衝突／角色冲突

See also

• 配角 (pèijué)
• 主角 (zhǔjué)