yǎn

Traditional: 演

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Translation

perform, act, develop

Stroke order

Stroke order for 演

Examples

jiǎo

She plays the leading lady in the film.

yuán

She is a famous actress.

There is a performance tonight.

He stars in this film.

Tonight we are going to perform a story.

演 (yǎn) means perform or act, anchoring 表演 (biǎoyǎn) and 演员 (yǎnyuán, actor).

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