粵

梨lei4園jyun4

simp梨园
lei4 jyun4lí yuán

English

  1. the world of Chinese opera
  2. world of Chinese opera
  3. the world of any variety of Chinese opera; literally: Pear Garden
  4. theatre

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 中式戲曲行業嘅別稱

Examples

  • 梨園子弟

    "Children of the Pear Garden" (artists of any variety of Chinese opera)

  • 呢位大老倌生前都幫梨園做咗好多嘢,戲行中人對佢離世都深感婉惜。

    This Cantonese Opera star contributed a lot to the industry in his life. All the practitioners feel their sympathies for his passing away.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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