演

HSK 4#1613 by frequencyradical 氵

yǎn["v"]

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

Examples

他不是歌手，但是个演员。

He is not a singer, but an actor.

他是个富有才能的年轻导演。

He is a talented young director.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.