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

(Teochew, Peng'im): gioh⁴ sêg⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷koq-seq

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): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ sɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    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): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    腳色／脚色
    角色
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gok³ sik¹
  - Yale: gok sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gok⁸ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: gog³ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːk̚³ sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    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/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-sek
  - Tâi-lô: kak-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kakseg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kak̚³²⁻⁵ siɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kak̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kak-siak
  - Tâi-lô: kak-siak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaksiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kak̚⁵⁻²⁴ siak̚⁵/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gioh⁴ sêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kioh sek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioʔ²⁻⁴ sek̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷koq-seq
  - MiniDict: koh^入 seh
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴koq-seq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koʔ³³ səʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

角色

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

Synonyms

(role): (Hokkien) 腳數／脚数

角色

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