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演员表 (yǎn yuán biǎo) — cast list, cast (of performers in a film, play, or TV show)

Definition

noun
cast listcast (of performers in a film, play, or TV show)
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • ，演员表。
    Diàn yǐng jié shù de shí hou, nǐ kě yǐ kàn dào yǎn yuán biǎo.
    When the movie ends, you can see the cast list.
  • 演员表。
    Zhè bù xì de yǎn yuán biǎo hěn yǒu míng.
    The cast of this play is very famous.
  • 演员表。
    Wǒ zài yǎn yuán biǎo lǐ zhǎo dào le tā de míng zì.
    I found his name in the cast list.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

演员performer
演yǎnperform员yuánperson
偏正Modifier + head
表biǎolist

演员 (performers) + 表 (list) gives a list of performers.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

Open 演 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 員; 员 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
鼎鼎dǐngding
Sound part声符shēngfú
〇
〇líng員yuán
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In the traditional form 員, 〇 supplies the sound and 鼎 supplies the meaning; the simplified 员 is a shortened form.

Open 员 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

Open 表 →
Appears in
Film & Theater

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