HSK 6 · Verbs

演绎 yǎnyì “to deduce” in Chinese

Traditional 演繹

What 演绎 means

  1. to deduce
  2. deduction
  3. to interpret (a role)
  4. (of a story etc) to unfold
  5. to play out
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to develop (a technique etc)
  • to enact
  • (logic) to deduce
  • to infer

How to say 演绎

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale绎yì4th tone, falling

演绎 in a sentence

  1. 这段旋律的演绎真是完美无瑕。

    Zhè duàn xuánlǜ de yǎnyì zhēn shì wánměiwúxiá.

    The performance of this melody was flawless.

    Sentence #13971865 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 演绎 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 绎 (yì) drawn as one shape
绎yìcontinuous

绎 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 演绎

演 14 strokes · 绎 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 演绎

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 绎

络绎不绝luòyìbùjué · in an endless stream

More words: Thinking & Talking

泄露xièlòu · to leak协商xiéshāng · to consult喧哗xuānhuá · to make a loud noise宣扬xuānyáng · to publicise验证yànzhèng · to verify意料yìliào · expectation隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal引用yǐnyòng · to quote

FAQs

演绎 (yǎnyì) means “to deduce” or “deduction”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǎnyì: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then yì with a 4th tone. 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, 演绎 is written 演繹. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 演绎 from the suggestions. Typing yanyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
演绎 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.