开演

Traditional form:

開演

Pinyin (reading):

kāiyǎn

Definitions:

• (of a play, movie etc) to begin

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 演 - to perform, to act, to put on a play

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 演 - to perform, to act, to put on a play