HSK 5 · Work

导演 dǎoyǎn “director (of a film or play)” in Chinese

Said as dáoyǎn

Traditional 導演

What 导演 means

  1. director (of a film or play)
  2. to direct
  3. director (film etc)

How to say 导演

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale演yǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as dáoyǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

导演 in a sentence

  1. 谁是您最喜欢的导演？

    Shéi shì nín zuì xǐhuan de dǎoyǎn?

    Who is your favourite director?

    Sentence #4817417 from Tatoeba

  2. 他是个富有才能的年轻导演。

    Tā shì ge fùyǒu cáinéng de niánqīng dǎoyǎn.

    He’s a talented young director.

    Sentence #6682954 from Tatoeba

How 导演 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 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn
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

How to write 导演

导 6 strokes · 演 14 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 导演

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide导致dǎozhì · to lead to指导zhǐdǎo · to guide辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance领导lǐngdǎo · leader倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate引导yǐndǎo · to guide主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导弹dǎodàn · guided missile导航dǎoháng · navigation

Words with 演

演出yǎnchū · to act (in a play)演员yǎnyuán · actor or actress表演biǎoyǎn · to perform演讲yǎnjiǎng · speech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

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待遇dàiyù · treatment贷款dàikuǎn · a loan单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)改革gǎigé · reform工程师gōngchéngshī · engineer工人gōngrén · worker工业gōngyè · industry

FAQs

导演 (dǎoyǎn) means “director (of a film or play)” or “to direct”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dǎoyǎn: dǎo with a 3rd tone, then yǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like dáoyǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 导演 is written 導演. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daoyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 导演 from the suggestions. Typing daoyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
导演 is an HSK 5 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.