京剧演员jīnɡ jù yǎn yuánBeijing Opera Performers

彩旦 [cǎi dàn] Cai tan (usually a shrewd and sometimes comic woman)
刀马旦 [dāo mǎ dàn] dao ma dan (a female warrior role)
副净 [fù jìnɡ] fu jing (a painted face role portraying a vigorous, bad character)
红生 [hónɡ shēnɡ] hong sheng (a red-faced aged man)
花旦 [huā dàn] hua dan (a vivacious young woman, a coquette)
花衫 [huā shān] hua shan (a young, beautiful, comic female lead)
坤旦 [kūn dàn] kun dan (a female playing the female role)
老旦 [lǎo dàn] lao dan (an aged woman role)
龙套 [lónɡ tào] long tao (a minor role performing crowd or soldier parts)
青衣 [qīnɡ yī] qing yi (usually a faithful wife role, lover or maiden in distress)
文丑 [wén chǒu] wen chou (a comic civilian role)
文武丑 [wén wǔ chǒu] wen wu chou (a combined fighting and civilian comic lead)
武丑 [wǔ chǒu] wu chou (an acrobatic-fighting comic lead)
武旦 [wǔ dàn] wu dan (a female acrobatic-fighting lead)
武生 [wǔ shēnɡ] wu sheng (a fighting or military character)
小生 [xiǎo shēnɡ] xiao sheng (usually a young scholar or lover role)
正净 [zhènɡ jìnɡ] zheng jing (a primary painted face role)