女主角

nǚzhǔjué

noun

Meanings

HSK 4

小说的女主角是一个年轻的医生。

Xiǎoshuō de nǚzhǔjué shì yí ge niánqīng de yīshēng.

The heroine of the novel is a young doctor.

HSK 5

她凭这部电影拿到了最佳女主角奖。

Tā píng zhè bù diànyǐng nádào le zuìjiā nǚzhǔjué jiǎng.

She won Best Actress for this film.

mistakes

角 here is jué 'role', as in 主角 and 配角. Reading it jiǎo 'horn; corner' is a common slip, even among native speakers.

usage

Fans shorten it to 女主. The male lead is 男主角.

女 nǚ

主 zhǔ

角 jiǎo