| 演 | [ yǎn ] to develop, to evolve, to practice, to perform, to play, to act |
| 演出 | [ yǎn chū ] to act (in a play), to perform, to put on (a performance), performance, concert, show, CL:場|场[chang3],次[ci4] |
| 演出地點 | [ yǎn chū dì diǎn ] performance place, CL:處|处[chu4] |
| 演出者 | [ yǎn chū zhě ] performer |
| 演劇 | [ yǎn jù ] to perform a play |
| 演化 | [ yǎn huà ] to evolve, evolution |
| 演化支 | [ yǎn huà zhī ] clade (biology) |
| 演員 | [ yǎn yuán ] actor or actress, performer, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 演員陣容 | [ yǎn yuán zhèn róng ] cast (of a movie etc), lineup of performers, troupe |
| 演唱 | [ yǎn chàng ] sung performance, to sing for an audience |
| 演唱會 | [ yǎn chàng huì ] vocal recital or concert |
| 演奏 | [ yǎn zoù ] to perform on a musical instrument |
| 演奏者 | [ yǎn zoù zhě ] performer, musician |
| 演戲 | [ yǎn xì ] to put on a play, to perform, fig. to pretend, to feign |
| 演技 | [ yǎn jì ] acting, performing skills |
| 演播 | [ yǎn bō ] broadcast performance, televised or podcast lecture |
| 演播室 | [ yǎn bō shì ] broadcasting studio |
| 演替 | [ yǎn tì ] succession (of changes in an ecological community), naturally evolving sequence |
| 演歌 | [ yǎn gē ] enka (Japanese genre of sentimental ballads) |
| 演武 | [ yǎn wǔ ] arms drill, to practice martial arts |
| 演活 | [ yǎn huó ] (of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life, to act brilliantly |
| 演示 | [ yǎn shì ] to demonstrate, to show, presentation, demonstration |
| 演示文稿 | [ yǎn shì wén gaǒ ] (PPT etc) presentation |
| 演算 | [ yǎn suàn ] to calculate, to perform calculations |
| 演算法 | [ yǎn suàn fǎ ] algorithm (Tw) |
| 演練 | [ yǎn liàn ] to do a drill, to practice, training, drill |
| 演繹 | [ yǎn yì ] (of a story etc) to unfold, to play out, to develop (a technique etc), to enact, (logic) to deduce, to infer |
| 演繹法 | [ yǎn yì fǎ ] deductive reasoning |
| 演義 | [ yǎn yì ] to dramatize historical events, novel or play on historical theme |
| 演習 | [ yǎn xí ] maneuver, exercise, practice, to maneuver |
| 演藝 | [ yǎn yì ] performing arts |
| 演藝人員 | [ yǎn yì rén yuán ] entertainer, performer |
| 演藝圈 | [ yǎn yì quān ] show business |
| 演藝界 | [ yǎn yì jiè ] performing arts circles, show business |
| 演說 | [ yǎn shuō ] speech, to deliver a speech |
| 演說者 | [ yǎn shuō zhě ] orator, speaker |
| 演講 | [ yǎn jiǎng ] lecture, to make a speech |
| 演講家 | [ yǎn jiǎng jiā ] orator |
| 演變 | [ yǎn biàn ] to develop, to evolve, development, evolution |
| 演進 | [ yǎn jìn ] evolution, gradual forward progress |
| ⇒ 三國演義 | [ sān guó yǎn yì ] Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], 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[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains |
| ⇒ 上演 | [ shàng yǎn ] to screen (a movie), to stage (a play), a screening, a staging |
| ⇒ 主旨演講 | [ zhǔ zhǐ yǎn jiǎng ] keynote speech |
| ⇒ 主演 | [ zhǔ yǎn ] to act the leading role (in a movie or a play), to star, lead actor |
| ⇒ 主題演講 | [ zhǔ tí yǎn jiǎng ] keynote speech |
| ⇒ 公演 | [ gōng yǎn ] to perform (e.g. on the stage), to lecture |
| ⇒ 出演 | [ chū yǎn ] to appear (in a show etc), an appearance (on stage etc) |
| ⇒ 加演 | [ jiā yǎn ] encore, to give an extra performance |
| ⇒ 匯演 | [ huì yǎn ] joint performance |
| ⇒ 反演 | [ fǎn yǎn ] inversion (geometry) |
| ⇒ 口技表演者 | [ koǔ jì yǎn zhě ] ventriloquist |
| ⇒ 合演 | [ hé yǎn ] to act together, to put on a joint performance |
| ⇒ 商演 | [ shāng yǎn ] commercial performance |
| ⇒ 天演 | [ tiān yǎn ] natural change, evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) |
| ⇒ 天演論 | [ tiān yǎn lùn ] the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) |
| ⇒ 天體演化學 | [ tiān tǐ yǎn huà xué ] cosmogony |
| ⇒ 封神演義 | [ fēng shén yǎn yì ] 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[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc |
| ⇒ 導演 | [ daǒ yǎn ] to direct, director (film etc) |
| ⇒ 就職演說 | [ jiù zhí yǎn shuō ] inaugural speech |
| ⇒ 就職演講 | [ jiù zhí yǎn jiǎng ] inaugural lecture |
| ⇒ 巡演 | [ xún yǎn ] (theater etc) to tour, to be on tour, to give itinerant performances, abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2 hui2 yan3 chu1] |
| ⇒ 巡迴演出 | [ xún huí yǎn chū ] (theater etc) to tour, to be on tour, to give itinerant performances |
| ⇒ 愈演愈烈 | [ yù yǎn yù liè ] ever more critical, problems get more and more intense |
| ⇒ 扮演 | [ bàn yǎn ] to play the role of, to act |
| ⇒ 拍演 | [ paī yǎn ] (dialect) to perform, to act (in a play etc) |
| ⇒ 排演 | [ paí yǎn ] to rehearse (a performance) |
| ⇒ 推演 | [ tuī yǎn ] to deduce, to infer, to derive, an implication |
| ⇒ 操演 | [ caō yǎn ] drill, exercise, demonstration, to demonstrate |
| ⇒ 故伎重演 | [ gù jì chóng yǎn ] to repeat an old stratagem, up to one's old tricks |
| ⇒ 敷演 | [ fū yǎn ] variant of 敷衍, to elaborate (on a theme), to expound (the meaning of the classics) |
| ⇒ 文藝演出 | [ wén yì yǎn chū ] theatrical performance, CL:場|场[chang3] |
| ⇒ 映演 | [ yìng yǎn ] to screen a movie (Tw) |
| ⇒ 時裝表演 | [ shí zhuāng yǎn ] fashion show |
| ⇒ 替身演員 | [ tì shēn yǎn yuán ] substitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts), stuntman |
| ⇒ 歷朝通俗演義 | [ lì chaó tōng sú yǎn yì ] Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩 |
| ⇒ 民國通俗演義 | [ mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì ] 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 |
| ⇒ 沙盤推演 | [ shā pán tuī yǎn ] to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom), to rehearse a planned action or activity, to conduct a dry run |
| ⇒ 特技演員 | [ tè jì yǎn yuán ] stuntman |
| ⇒ 登臺表演 | [ dēng taí yǎn ] to go on stage |
| ⇒ 發表演講 | [ fā yǎn jiǎng ] to give a speech |
| ⇒ 禁演 | [ jìn yǎn ] to prohibit performance |
| ⇒ 義演 | [ yì yǎn ] benefit performance, charity show |
| ⇒ 聯合軍演 | [ lián hé jūn yǎn ] joint military exercise |
| ⇒ 臨時演員 | [ lín shí yǎn yuán ] an extra (in a movie) |
| ⇒ 自導自演 | [ zì daǒ zì yǎn ] 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 |
| ⇒ 表演 | [ yǎn ] play, show, performance, exhibition, to perform, to act, to demonstrate, CL:場|场[chang3] |
| ⇒ 表演賽 | [ yǎn saì ] exhibition match |
| ⇒ 表演過火 | [ yǎn guò huǒ ] to overact, to overdo one's part |
| ⇒ 角色扮演遊戲 | [ jué sè bàn yǎn yoú xì ] role-playing game (RPG) |
| ⇒ 試演 | [ shì yǎn ] audition, dress rehearsal, preview (of a theatrical performance), dummy run |
| ⇒ 講演 | [ jiǎng yǎn ] to lecture, to speak publicly |
| ⇒ 越演越烈 | [ yuè yǎn yuè liè ] to be intensifying, to be getting worse and worse, to start to run rampant |
| ⇒ 路演 | [ lù yǎn ] road show or promotional tour (for a product etc) |
| ⇒ 軍事演習 | [ jūn shì yǎn xí ] military exercise, war game |
| ⇒ 軍演 | [ jūn yǎn ] military exercises |
| ⇒ 輟演 | [ chuò yǎn ] to stop performing a play, to interrupt a stage run |
| ⇒ 邏輯演算 | [ luó ji yǎn suàn ] logical calculation |
| ⇒ 重演 | [ chóng yǎn ] to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones), to repeat (a performance) |
| ⇒ 鋼琴演奏 | [ gāng qín yǎn zoù ] piano performance |
| ⇒ 開演 | [ kaī yǎn ] (of a play, movie etc) to begin |
| ⇒ 隋唐演義 | [ suí táng yǎn yì ] Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获[Chu3 Ren2 huo4] |
| ⇒ 雜技演員 | [ zá jì yǎn yuán ] acrobat |
| ⇒ 電影導演 | [ diàn yǐng daǒ yǎn ] film director |
| ⇒ 電影演員 | [ diàn yǐng yǎn yuán ] movie actor, movie actress |
| ⇒ 預演 | [ yù yǎn ] dummy run, to run through sth, to rehearse |
| ⇒ 領銜主演 | [ lǐng xián zhǔ yǎn ] leading actors (in a show), starring |
| ⇒ 飾演 | [ shì yǎn ] to act, to play a part |
| ⇒ 首演 | [ shoǔ yǎn ] maiden stage role, first performance, first public showing |
