Chinese symbol for “understudy”
替角
tì jué
(theater) understudy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for understudy is 替角 (tì jué), defined as: (theater) understudy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “understudy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 替角.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 代替 | dài tì | to replace; to take the place of |
| 替代 | tì dài | to substitute for; to replace |
| 替换 (替換) | tì huàn | to exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch |
| 交替 | jiāo tì | to replace; alternately; in turn |
| 接替 | jiē tì | to replace; to take over (a position or post) |
| 替补 (替補) | tì bǔ | to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc); a su |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 角度 | jiǎo dù | angle; (fig.) point of view |
See also: Japanese symbol for “understudy”.
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.