演

The character "演" has 14 strokes. "演" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "演" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "演" are "yǎn" . View the stroke order of "演">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "演"

v.: develop; evolve; deduce; elaborate; perform; play; act; drill; practise

• develop : v.成长；发育；发展；产生；感受；具有；使…显影；开发土地；利用土地资源
• evolve : v.逐步发展；演进；释放；散发；演化；进化
• deduce : v.推论；演绎出；对…追本溯源；追溯…的来历
• elaborate : adj.精巧的；复杂的；详尽的；精心设计的；煞费苦心的
• perform : v.执行；完成；实施；履行；演出；表演；工作；表现；运行
• play : v.玩；玩耍；参加；合作；买某人的账；扮演；演奏；移动；显现；消逝；晃动；摇曳；变幻；让…挣扎得筋疲力尽
• act : v.行动；做某事；行为；充当；担任；起作用；见效；扮演角色
• drill : n.钻头；冲子；钻床；钻机；训练；操练；尾角螺；条播机；黑脸山魈；粗斜纹布
• practise : v.练习；训练；经常做；实践；遵循；养成…的习惯；从事；遵循（宗教）的教导和教规；信奉；阴谋策划

Form words with "演"

演电影 act in a film

演小品 put up a short play

Example phrases using "演"

• 急什么，离开演还早哩。

  What’s the hurry? It’s still quite a while before the performance starts.

• 戏彻底演砸了。

  The play flopped totally. / The performance was a complete flop/fiasco.

• 这个演严肃剧的演员改演喜剧以来，赢得了很多大奖。

  The serious actor has won many awards since he switched to comedy.

• 他在争取演主角方面总是占优势。

  He always had the inside track for the starring role.

• 所有的演员都渴望演这样的角色。

  All actors hunger for such a role.

• 派他演浪漫的主角是一大失误。

  He is badly miscast in the romantic lead.

• 这出戏在伦敦演砸了。

  The show flopped in London.

• 只要让我参加演《奥赛罗》，我断只胳膊都愿意。

  I'd give my right arm to be in Othello.

• 有一次在参加保留剧目轮演演出时，我在三天时间里掌握了演伊阿古这个角色的要领。

  Once, when I was in rep, I learned Iago in three days.

• 担心演不好竟把该扮的角色忘光；

  Who with his fear is put besides his part.