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Definition
Actor or actress; a person who performs roles in plays, movies, or dramas.
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How it's used
Refers specifically to someone who performs in a professional capacity for entertainment media. While the term is standard, native speakers often use the more colloquial term 戲子 in informal or slightly derogatory contexts to imply someone who is just putting on a show or being insincere.
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She is a very outstanding actor.
Which actor do you like to watch act?
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Grammar guides
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- Possession (嘅)How to say my, your, and his, and how to link a describing word to a noun, all with the little word 嘅 (ge3).
