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角色

jué sè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

角色 (jué sè) means "role". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 角色 means

1. role; part (in a play or movie etc)
2. also pr. jiǎo sè

The characters in 角色

• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 色sècolor; look; appearance

Example sentences

• 他扮演哈姆雷特的角色。
  Tā bànyǎn Hāmǔléitè de juésè.
  He played the part of Hamlet.
• 胎盘的角色是滋养胎儿。
  Tāipán de juésè shì zīyǎng tāi'ér.
  The role of the placenta is to nourish the foetus.
• 他在剧中演了一个小角色。
  He played a minor part in the play.
• 你最喜欢的动漫角色是谁？
  What's your favorite anime character?
• 你最喜欢这本书中的哪个角色？
  Nǐ zuì xǐhuan zhè běn shū zhōng de nǎge juésè?
  Who's your favorite character in this book?
• 女性永远只能扮演次要角色吗？
  Nǚxìng yǒngyuǎn zhǐnéng bànyǎn cìyào juésè ma?
  Must the woman always play the secondary role?

Words starting with 角色

• 角色扮演游戏jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xìrole-playing game (RPG)

Words containing 角色

• 性别角色xìng bié jué sègender role
• 系统角色xì tǒng jué sènon-playable character (in a role-playing game)
• 玩家角色wán jiā jué sèplayer character (in a role-playing game)

Sounds the same

Read jué sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绝色(of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning
• 脚色variant of 角色

Where 角色 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Competition, Fitness & Timing (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jué sè correctly.
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