# 俳優
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): páiyōu
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄞˊ ㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): paai$^4$ jau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: páiyōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄞˊ ㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: páiyou
*** Wade–Giles: pʻai$^2$-yu$^1$
*** Yale: pái-yōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pairiou
*** Palladius: пайю (pajju)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paai$^4$ jau$^1$
*** Yale: pàaih yāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paai$^4$ jau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pai$^4$ yeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːi̯²¹ jɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: beaj 'juw
Rime :
| Character | 俳 | 優 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | II | III |
| Fanqie | 步皆切 | 於求切 |
| Baxter | beaj | 'juw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠɛi/ | /ʔɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚæi/ | /ʔiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɐi/ | /ʔiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bəɨj/ | /ʔuw/ |
| Li Rong | /bɛi/ | /ʔiu/ |
| Wang Li | /bɐi/ | /ĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱăi/ | /ʔi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | pái | yōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | paai$^4$ | jau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*brɯːl qu/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 優 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔ(r)u/ |
| English | entertainer; liberal |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俳 | 優 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 3065 | 15494 |
| Phonetic component | 非 | 憂 |
| Rime group | 微 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 排 | 憂 |
| Old Chinese | /*brɯːl/ | /*qu/ |

### Noun

俳優
* (obsolete) comedy variety show
* (dated) comedian; actor

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 俳優(はいゆう) (haiyū)
* → Korean: 배우(俳優) (bae'u)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 俳 | 優 |
| はい Grade: 6 | ゆう Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) はいゆう [hàíyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ha̠ijɯ̟ː]

### Noun

俳(はい)優(ゆう) • (haiyū)
* male or female actor
    衣笠(きぬがさ)氏(し)は映画監督(えいがかんとく)であるだけでなく、俳優(はいゆう)でもあった。
       Kinugasa-shi wa eiga kantoku de aru dake de naku, haiyū de mo atta.
       Kinugasa was not just a film director; he was also an actor.

#### Synonyms

* 役者(やくしゃ) (yakusha)

#### Related terms

* 男優(だんゆう) (dan'yū)
* 女優(じょゆう) (joyū)

### References

* 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
* Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
* Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan 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 :
| 俳 | 優 |

### Noun

俳優 • (bae'u) (hangeul 배우)
* hanja form of 배우 (“actor”)