Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 演

to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
(bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)

to put on a play
to perform
fig. to pretend
to feign

to deduce
to infer
to derive
an implication

actor; actress; performer

play
show
performance
exhibition
to perform
to act
to demonstrate
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)

to perform in public; to give a performance

to direct
director (film etc)

to demonstrate
to show
presentation
demonstration

speech
to deliver a speech

(dialect) to perform; to act (in a play etc)

evolution
gradual forward progress

inversion (geometry)

(of a story etc) to unfold; to play out
to develop (a technique etc)
to enact
(logic) to deduce; to infer

to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones)
to repeat (a performance)

maiden stage role
first performance
first public showing

to screen (a movie)
to stage (a play)
a screening
a staging

(of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life
to act brilliantly

to perform calculations

broadcast performance
televised or podcast lecture

to sing (for an audience)
vocal performance

to develop; to evolve

audition
dress rehearsal
preview (of a theatrical performance)
dummy run

to give a lecture; to make a speech

to perform on a musical instrument

to drill; to practice

to ban (a play or movie)

to put on extra shows; to extend the run (of a show)
to include an additional element in a show

military exercises

to evolve
evolution

to lecture
to speak publicly

road show or promotional tour (for a product etc)

to perform a play

to play the leading role; to star
lead actor

acting
performing skills

to stop performing a play
to interrupt a stage run

(of a play, movie etc) to begin

to practice martial arts

to rehearse (a performance)

performing arts

to act (in a play)
to perform
to put on (a performance)
performance
concert
show
CL:場／场 (chǎng),次 (cì)

benefit performance
charity show

(military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver

to act
to play a part

drill
exercise
demonstration
to demonstrate

to act together
to put on a joint performance

(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出／巡回演出 (xunhuíyǎnchu))

(Tw) to screen a movie

an extra (in a movie) (abbr. for 臨時演員／临时演员 (linshíyǎnyuǎn))

enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads)

to dramatize historical events
novel or play on historical theme

natural change
evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化／进化)

commercial performance

succession (of changes in an ecological community)
naturally evolving sequence

extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene) (abbr. for 群眾演員／群众演员 (qúnzhòngyǎnyuán))

variant of 敷衍
to elaborate (on a theme)
to expound (the meaning of the classics)

to play the role of
to act

dummy run
to run through sth
to rehearse

to appear (in a show etc)
an appearance (on stage etc)

joint performance

clade (biology)

the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論／进化论)

broadcasting studio

performer
musician

algorithm (Tw)

performer

deductive reasoning

orator

exhibition match

vocal recital or concert

orator
speaker

the entertainment world; show business

show business

Suí Táng Yǎnyì

Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲／褚人获 ( Chǔ Rénhuò)

diànyǐngyǎnyuán

movie actor
movie actress

Fēngshén Yǎnyì

Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng) overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc

jiùzhíyǎnjiǎng

inaugural lecture

zájìyǎnyuán

acrobat

yuèyǎnyuèliè

to be intensifying
to be getting worse and worse
to start to run rampant

qúnzhòngyǎnyuán

extra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)

gùjìchóngyǎn

to repeat an old stratagem
up to one's old tricks

fābiǎoyǎnjiǎng

to give a speech

liánhéjūnyǎn

joint military exercise

jiùzhíyǎnshuō

inaugural speech

zhǔtíyǎnjiǎng

keynote speech

shāpántuīyǎn

to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
to rehearse a planned action or activity
to conduct a dry run

dēngtáibiǎoyǎn

to go on stage

zhǔzhǐyǎnjiǎng

keynote speech

yǎnyìrényuán

entertainer
performer

bīngqítuīyǎn

war-gaming; simulation of a military operation

tìshēnyǎnyuán

substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts)
stuntman

yǎnchūdìdiǎn

performance place
CL:處／处 (chù)

tèjìyǎnyuán

stuntman

shízhuāngbiǎoyǎn

fashion show

Sānguó Yǎnyì

Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中／罗贯中 ( Luó Guànzhōng), one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備／刘备 ( Liú Bèi) Shu Han 蜀漢／蜀汉 ( Shǔ Hàn) as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 ( Cáo Cāo) Wei 魏 ( Wèi) as villains

diànyǐngdǎoyǎn

film director

xúnhuíyǎnchū

(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances

ever more critical
problems get more and more intense

línshíyǎnyuán

an extra (in a movie)

lìshǐchóngyǎn

history repeats itself

yǎnyuánzhènróng

cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe

yǎnshìwéngǎo

(PPT etc) presentation

gāngqínyǎnzòu

piano performance

luójiyǎnsuàn

logical calculation

lǐngxiánzhǔyǎn

leading actors (in a show)
starring

wényìyǎnchū

theatrical performance
CL:場／场 (chǎng)

jūnshìyǎnxí

military exercise
war game

to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor
(fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself

biǎoyǎnguòhuǒ

to overact
to overdo one's part

tiāntǐyǎnhuàxué

天体演化学

[天體演化學]

cosmogony

kǒujìbiǎoyǎnzhě

口技表演者

[口技表演者]

ventriloquist

juésèbànyǎnyóuxì

角色扮演游戏

[角色扮演遊戲]

role-playing game (RPG)

lìcháotōngsúyǎnyì

历朝通俗演义

[歷朝通俗演義]

Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩／蔡东藩

Mínguótōngsúyǎnyì

民国通俗演义

[民國通俗演義]

Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩／蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父／许廑父