梨園子弟

See also: 梨园子弟

Chinese

		Pear Garden; Liyuan	sons and younger brothers; children; young people sons and younger brothers; children; young people; later generations
trad. (梨園子弟)		梨園	子弟
simp. (梨园子弟)		梨园	子弟

Etymology

梨園 (Pear Garden royal acting and musical academy) + 子弟 (children)

Opera performers have always begun training from a very young age.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Líyuán zǐdì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ jyun⁴ zi² dai⁶, lei⁴ jyun^4-2 zi² dai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Líyuán zǐdì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄗˇ ㄉㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Líyuán zǐhdì
    • Wade–Giles: Li²-yüan² tzŭ³-ti⁴
    • Yale: Lí-ywán dž-dì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Liyuan tzyydih
    • Palladius: Лиюань цзыди (Lijuanʹ czydi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ti⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ jyun⁴ zi² dai⁶, lei⁴ jyun^4-2 zi² dai⁶
    • Yale: lèih yùhn jí daih, lèih yún jí daih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ jyn⁴ dzi² dai⁶, lei⁴ jyn^4-2 dzi² dai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ yun⁴ ji² dei⁶, léi⁴ yun^4-2 ji² dei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵ tɐi̯²²/, /lei̯²¹ jyːn²¹⁻³⁵ t͡siː³⁵ tɐi̯²²/

Noun

梨園子弟

1. (archaic) opera troop performers

References

• 梨園／梨园 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Pear Garden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia