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演

yǎn

perform, put on; exercise

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Example sentences

  • 他们是演员。

    Tā men shì yǎn yuán

    They are actors.

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  • 她表演得真好。

    Tā biǎo yǎn de zhēn hǎo

    Her performance is really good.

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  • 他做了一个演讲。

    Tā zuò le yī gè yǎn jiǎng

    He made a speech.

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  • 我今天去看演出了。

    Wǒ jīn tiān qù kàn yǎn chū le

    I went to see a show today.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 演

  • 表演biǎo yǎn 3–3 → 2–3play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate
  • 演出yǎn chū 3–1 to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show
  • 演yǎn 3to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act
  • 演员yǎn yuán 3–2 actor or actress; performer
  • 导演dǎo yǎn 3–3 → 2–3to direct; director (film etc)
  • 演唱会yǎn chàng huì 3–4–4vocal recital or concert
  • 演唱yǎn chàng 3–4 sung performance; to sing for an audience
  • 演讲yǎn jiǎng 3–3 → 2–3lecture; to make a speech
  • 扮演bàn yǎn 4–3 to play the role of; to act
  • 上演shàng yǎn 4–3 to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging
  • 演绎yǎn yì 3–4 (of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer
  • 演习yǎn xí 3–2 maneuver; exercise; practice; to maneuver