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演员 yǎnyuán

演员 yǎnyuán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 演员 yǎnyuán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǎnyuán | yan3 yuan2
English translation
actor or actress
performer
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi], míng [míng]

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About 演员 yǎnyuán

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Traditional form

演員

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 演员 yǎnyuán

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yǎn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yín represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yín

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵寅

Number of Strokes

14
yuán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of yuán . Depicts the round opening ( kǒu ) of a cooking pot ( dǐng ). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as yuán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Semantic compound

Bèi

Positional decomposition

口贝

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 演员 yǎnyuán

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演员 yǎnyuán 不出声地 hēng zhāo shǒu 已经 yǐjīng 事先 shìxiān hǎo yīn de 歌曲 gē qǔ .

The actor mouthed the words of the recorded song.

guì 演员 yǎnyuán 装扮 zhuāng bàn zhāo 旅行 lǚxíng ?

Your actors don't usually travel in character, do they?

成为 chéngwéi 演员 yǎnyuán .

She is dying to go on the stage.

bèi 认为 rènwéi shì 严肃 yánsù de 演员 yǎnyuán , dàn 观众 guānzhòng què hōng xià le Tái .

He was supposed to be a serious performer, but the crowd laughed him off the stage.

wèi 演员 yǎnyuán 已经 yǐjīng shǎng Guò 黄金 huángjīn dàng de 节目 jiémù .

That actor has been on five prime time programs.

演员 yǎnyuán Decomposition

See the 9 Chinese characters that make up 演员 yǎnyuán and their own compounds.

演员 yǎnyuán Compounds

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