HSK 6 · Media

扮演 bànyǎn “to play the role of” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 扮演 means

  1. to play the role of
  2. to act

How to say 扮演

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale扮bàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale演yǎn3rd tone, dipping

扮演 in a sentence

  1. 大自然在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。

    Dàzìrán zài wǒmen de shēnghuó zhōng bànyǎn zhe zhòngyào de juésè.

    Nature plays an important role in our lives.

    Sentence #1735628 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他扮演哈姆雷特的角色。

    Tā bànyǎn Hāmǔléitè de juésè.

    He played the role of Hamlet.

    Sentence #846366 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 扮演 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 扮 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
扮bànto disguise oneself as
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàn.

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 扮演

扮 7 strokes · 演 14 strokes

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

Words related to 扮演

Words with 扮

打扮dǎban · to decorate

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导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)演绎yǎnyì · to deduce演习yǎnxí · military exercise演奏yǎnzòu · to perform (on an instrument)演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

More words: Media & Arts

展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display字幕zìmù · caption作品zuòpǐn · work (of art)版本bǎnběn · version曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)标题biāotí · title布告bùgào · notice传单chuándān · leaflet

FAQs

扮演 (bànyǎn) means “to play the role of” or “to act”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bànyǎn: bàn with a 4th tone, then yǎn with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 扮演 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banyan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 扮演 from the suggestions. Typing banyan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
扮演 is an HSK 6 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.