台词 (tái cí) — actor's lines, dialogue (in a play, film, or TV show)

Definition

Examples

• 演员在后台记台词，准备上台。
  Yǎn yuán zài hòu tái jì tái cí, zhǔn bèi shàng tái.
  The actor is memorizing lines backstage, getting ready to go on stage.
• 这部电影的台词写得非常感人。
  Zhè bù diàn yǐng de tái cí xiě dé fēi cháng gǎn rén.
  The dialogue of this movie is written very movingly.
• 他临场忘了台词，只好即兴发挥。
  Tā lín chǎng wàng le tái cí, zhǐ hǎo jí xìng fā huī.
  He forgot his lines on the spot and had to improvise.