主 zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 丶 — dot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
主演
zhǔyǎn
to star in; lead actor
Characters in this word
演 yǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 寅 to respect, to revere
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部电视剧由一位年轻演员主演，反响却非常好。 Zhè bù diànshìjù yóu yí wèi niánqīng yǎnyuán zhǔyǎn, fǎnxiǎng què fēicháng hǎo. This TV drama stars a young actor, yet the response has been very good.
- 她主演的第一部电影下个月就要上映了。 Tā zhǔyǎn de dì yī bù diànyǐng xià ge yuè jiù yào shàngyìng le. The first film she stars in comes out next month.
- 这位主演在采访中说，拍戏最难的是等待。 Zhè wèi zhǔyǎn zài cǎifǎng zhōng shuō, pāi xì zuì nán de shì děngdài. The lead actor said in an interview that the hardest part of filming is waiting.
Related words
- 主人 zhǔrén host; owner
- 主要 zhǔyào main; mainly
- 主持 zhǔchí to host; to lead
- 主动 zhǔdòng active; on one's own initiative
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head
- 主意 zhǔyi idea
- 主张 zhǔzhāng to support; position
- 自主 zìzhǔ independent
- 主题 zhǔtí topic; theme
- 主席 zhǔxí chairperson
- 车主 chēzhǔ car owner
- 为主 wéizhǔ mainly; as the main thing