Chinese symbol for “actress”
演员
yǎn yuán
Traditional: 演員
actor; actress; performer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for actress is 演员 (yǎn yuán), defined as: actor; actress; performer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “actress”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女优 (女優) | nǚ yōu | (old) actress; adult film actress; AV actress |
| 优伶 (優伶) | yōu líng | (old) performing artist; actor |
| 伶 | líng | (old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form) |
| 伶人 | líng rén | (old) actor; actress |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 演员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 演出 | yǎn chū | to act (in a play); to perform |
| 演讲 (演講) | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of; to act |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 成员 (成員) | chéng yuán | member |
See also: Japanese symbol for “actress”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.