影帝

Chinese

		film; movie	emperor
simp. and trad. (影帝)		影	帝
Literally: “film emperor”.

Etymology

“Wen Jiabao”: Proposed by Yu Jie in his 2010 book China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐngdì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jing² dai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐngdì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐngdì
  - Wade–Giles: ying³-ti⁴
  - Yale: yǐng-dì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiingdih
  - Palladius: инди (indi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ti⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jing² dai³
  - Yale: yíng dai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jing² dai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ying² dei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ³⁵ tɐi̯³³/

Noun

影帝

best male film actor; winner of the best actor award
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, derogatory, sarcastic) a man skillful at deception via acting, usually for cheating or swindling

Related terms

影后 (yǐnghòu)

See also

藝人／艺人 (yìrén, “professional actor”)
騙子／骗子 (piànzi, “swindler”)
表裡不一／表里不一 (biǎolǐbùyī, “duplicity”)

Proper noun

影帝

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, sarcastic, derogatory) Wen Jiabao

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