HSK 5 · Media

角色 juésè “role” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 角色 means

  1. role
  2. character (in a play, film or novel)
  3. part (in a play or movie etc)

How to say 角色

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale角jué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale色sè4th tone, falling

角色 in a sentence

  1. 大自然在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。

    Dàzìrán zài wǒmen de shēnghuó zhōng bànyǎn zhe zhòngyào de juésè.

    Nature plays an important role in our lives.

    Sentence #1735628 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你最喜欢这本书中的哪个角色？

    Nǐ zuì xǐhuan zhè běn shū zhōng de nǎ ge juésè?

    Who’s your favourite character in this book?

    Sentence #5909457 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他在剧中演了一个小角色。

    Tā zài jù zhōng yǎn le yí ge xiǎo juésè.

    He played a small part in the play.

    Sentence #339872 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 角色 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 角 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
角juérole
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 用use · yòng
The character 色 (sè) with each of its parts in a different colour
色sècolour
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 巴to desire · bā

How to write 角色

角 7 strokes · 色 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

角色 (juésè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 角色 (juésè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 角色

Words with 角

角jiǎo · horn角度jiǎodù · angle角落jiǎoluò · corner

Words with 色

颜色yánsè · colour白色báisè · white黑色hēisè · black红色hóngsè · red (colour)绿色lǜsè · green黄色huángsè · yellow景色jǐngsè · scenery出色chūsè · remarkable色彩sècǎi · colour特色tèsè · distinctive feature

More words: Media & Arts

传说chuánshuō · legend动画片dònghuàpiàn · animated film发表fābiǎo · to issue风格fēnggé · style开幕式kāimùshì · opening ceremony美术měishù · art媒体méitǐ · media明星míngxīng · star

FAQs

角色 (juésè) means “role” or “character (in a play, film or novel)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it juésè: jué with a 2nd tone, then sè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 角色 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type juese with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 角色 from the suggestions. Typing juese into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
角色 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.