小生
siu2 sang1xiǎo shēng
English
- young actors
- the male leading role; popular or featured male actor
粵語 — Cantonese
- 傳統中國戲曲以至電影、戲劇中嘅主要男性角色,亦引申指當紅嘅男演員(量詞:個)
Examples
幾十年前無論係小生定花旦都係男人做架,女人冇份架!
Decades ago men took all the parts and women were not allowed to perform in traditional Chinese operas.
佢呢幾個月一連擔正幾套劇,實係無綫嘅當紅小生定嘞。
For he has taken the lead in quite a number of drama series in recent months, he is definitely the feature actor of TVB.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk