演员

Character by character

• 演yǎn14 strokesHSK 3perform, put on; exercise
• 员yuán7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 員member; personnel, staff member

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 他们是演员。

  Tā men shì yǎn yuán

  They are actors.

  Listen

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

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 演员. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 人员rén yuánHSK 3

  staff; crew; personnel

• 表演biǎo yǎnHSK 3

  play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate

• 成员chéng yuánHSK 3

  member

• 演出yǎn chūHSK 3

  to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show

• 演yǎnHSK 3

  to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act

• 委员会wěi yuán huìHSK 7

  committee

• 队员duì yuánHSK 3

  team member

• 员工yuán gōngHSK 3

  staff; personnel; employee

• 员yuánHSK 3

  person; employee; member

• 导演dǎo yǎnHSK 3

  to direct; director (film etc)

• 球员qiú yuánHSK 6

  (ball sports) player; team member

• 官员guān yuánHSK 7

  official (in an organization or government); administrator

• 运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 4

  athlete

• 扮演bàn yǎnHSK 5

  to play the role of; to act

• 演讲yǎn jiǎngHSK 4

  lecture; to make a speech

• 演唱会yǎn chàng huìHSK 3

  vocal recital or concert

• 演唱yǎn chàngHSK 3

  sung performance; to sing for an audience

• 会员huì yuánHSK 3

  member

• 议员yì yuánHSK 7

  member (of a legislative body); representative

• 上演shàng yǎnHSK 6

  to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging

• 演绎yǎn yìHSK 7

  (of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc); to enact; (logic) to deduce; to infer

• 服务员fú wù yuánHSK 3

  waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel

• 飞行员fēi xíng yuánHSK 6

  pilot; aviator

• 演习yǎn xíHSK 7

  maneuver; exercise; practice; to maneuver