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演 yǎn

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演 yǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǎn | yan3
English translation
to develop
to evolve
to practice
to perform
to play
to act
to perform, to act, to put on a play

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About 演 yǎn

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

演 yǎn

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 演 yǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵寅

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

寅 yín

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 演 yǎn

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演员 yǎnyuán 不出声地哼 hēng 着 zhāo 那 Nā 首 shǒu 已经 yǐjīng 事先 shìxiān 录 Lù 好 hǎo 音 yīn 的 de 歌曲 gē qǔ .

The actor mouthed the words of the recorded song.

音乐 yīnyuè 教 Jiào 师 Shī 教 Jiào 他们 tā men 用和声演唱 yǎn chàng 这 zhè 首 shǒu 新 Xīn 歌 gē .

The singing teacher taught them to harmonise the new song.

他 tā 成为 chéngwéi 有名 yǒumíng 的 de 音乐家 yīn yuè jiā 已 yǐ 很 hěn 久 jiǔ 了 le , 但 dàn 他 tā 现在 xiànzài 不 bù 演奏 yǎnzòu 了 le .

He was long a famous musician, but he plays no longer.

你 nǐ 要 yāo 照 zhào 这样 zhè yàng 表演 biǎoyǎn 下去 xià qù ,永远 yǒngyuǎn 不 bù 会 huì 有 yǒu 观众 guānzhòng 要你加演 jiā yǎn !

You'll never get an encore if you perform like that!

他 tā 从 Cóng 帕 pà 勒斯春纳 的 de 作品 zuòpǐn 一直 yīzhí 演奏 yǎnzòu 到 dào 巴塔克的作品.

He began with Palestrina , and fiddled all the way through Bartok.

Words with 演 yǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
表演 biǎoyǎn play表演 biǎoyǎn
演 yǎn to develop演 yǎn
演员 yǎnyuán performer演員
演出 yǎnchū to perform演出 yǎnchū
导演 dǎoyǎn to direct導演
扮演 bànyǎn to act扮演 bànyǎn
演讲 yǎnjiǎng lecture演講
演唱会 yǎn chàng huì vocal recital or concert演唱會
演唱 yǎn chàng sung performance演唱 yǎn chàng
上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie)上演 shàng yǎn
演绎 yǎnyì to play out演繹
演奏 yǎnzòu to perform on a musical instrument演奏 yǎnzòu
演习 yǎnxí maneuver演習
演戏 yǎn xì to perform演戲
主演 zhǔ yǎn to star主演 zhǔ yǎn
演示 yǎn shì to show演示 yǎn shì
演变 yǎnbiàn to develop演變
出演 chū yǎn to appear (in a show etc)出演 chū yǎn
演技 yǎn jì acting演技 yǎn jì
饰演 shì yǎn to act飾演
演说 yǎn shuō speech演說
演艺 yǎn yì performing arts演藝
演练 yǎn liàn drill演練
重演 chóng yǎn to repeat (a performance)重演 chóng yǎn
演播室 yǎn bō shì broadcasting studio演播室 yǎn bō shì

演 yǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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演 yǎn Decomposition

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