HSK 4 · Verbs

演出 yǎnchū “to act (in a play)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 演出 means

  1. to act (in a play)
  2. to perform
  3. to put on (a performance)
  4. performance
  5. concert
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • show

Measure word 场 chǎng or 次 cì · 一场演出 yì chǎng yǎnchū

How to say 演出

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale演yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale出chū1st tone, high and level

演出 in a sentence

  1. 演出什么时候开始？

    Yǎnchū shénme shíhou kāishǐ?

    What time does the show start?

    Sentence #334789 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你喜欢昨晚的演出吧？

    Nǐ xǐhuan zuówǎn de yǎnchū ba?

    You enjoyed last night’s performance, didn’t you?

    Sentence #3534648 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 最近一直在舞蹈排练，周五周六要演出啊。

    Zuìjìn yìzhí zài wǔdǎo páiliàn, zhōuwǔ zhōuliù yào yǎnchū a.

    We’ve been rehearsing dances non-stop lately — we perform on Friday and Saturday.

    Sentence #1169113 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 演出 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 演 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
演yǎnto perform; to stage
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 寅part of the characterSound part
The character 出 (chū) with each of its parts in a different colour
出chūto go out; to come out
  • 屮sprout · chè
  • 凵open box · kǎn

Memory aidA foot stepping up out of an opening 凵: to go out.

How to write 演出

演 14 strokes · 出 5 strokes

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演出 (yǎnchū) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 演出 (yǎnchū). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 演出

Words with 演

演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress表演biǎoyǎn · to perform演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)演绎yǎnyì · to deduce演习yǎnxí · military exercise扮演bànyǎn · to play the role of演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 出

出租车chūzūchē · taxi出chū · to go out出国chūguó · to go abroad出来chūlái · to come out出门chūmén · to go out出去chūqù · to go out出院chūyuàn · to leave hospital出生chūshēng · to be born出现chūxiàn · to appear出差chūchāi · to go on an official or business trip

More words: Common Verbs

响xiǎng · echo行xíng · OK醒xǐng · to wake up兴奋xīngfèn · excited养成yǎngchéng · to cultivate引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to赢yíng · to beat预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson

FAQs

演出 (yǎnchū) means “to act (in a play)” or “to perform”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yǎnchū: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then chū with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 演出 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 场 (chǎng) or 次 (cì). For example, one to act (in a play) is 一场演出 (yì chǎng yǎnchū).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanchu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 演出 from the suggestions. Typing yanchu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
演出 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.