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演职人员 (yǎn zhí rén yuán) — cast and crew (of a film, TV show, or theatrical production)

Definition

Compound noun meaning 'cast and crew' — everyone involved in a film, TV show, or stage production, on screen or behind it.

noun
cast and crew (of a film, TV show, or theatrical production)

Examples

  • 演职人员。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de yǎn zhí rén yuán míng dān hěn cháng.
    The cast and crew list for this movie is very long.
  • 演职人员。
    Dǎo yǎn gǎn xiè le suǒ yǒu yǎn zhí rén yuán de xīn kǔ gōng zuò.
    The director thanked all the cast and crew for their hard work.
  • 演职人员。
    Jù zǔ zhèng zài zhāo mù xīn de yǎn zhí rén yuán.
    The production team is recruiting new cast and crew.

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.

演职cast and crew
演yǎnperform职zhístaff
联合Coordinate
人员personnel
人rénperson员yuánmember
联合Coordinate

演职 (performing and staff) + 人员 (personnel) names cast and crew.

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 職; 职 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
耳耳ěrear
Sound part声符shēngfú
戠
戠zhí職zhí
Same sound today

The traditional form 職 pairs 耳 (ear) with 戠, which gives its sound; the simplified 职 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 职 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

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 →
Appears in
Film & Theater

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