IDENTITY
演yǎnto perform; to develop
HSK 3Top 400
CORE MEANING
to perform; to develop
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to performHSK3
- 2.to developHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 氵water radical (shuǐ)
- strokes
- 14
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰氵寅
- water (flowing)
- gives the sound yǎn
USAGE
Common words
表演biǎoyǎnto perform
演员yǎnyuánactor
演出yǎnchūperformance
Graded examples
她的表演很精彩。Tā de biǎoyǎn hěn jīngcǎi.HSK4
Her performance is brilliant.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A long flow (氵) drawn out in time (寅) — unfolding, performing.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #400
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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