演 yǎn

1. yǎn verb to perform / to put on
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Drama 戏剧
   Notes: For example, 演小品 'to perform a skit' (XHW 2016-01-25; CCD '演' 4, p. 2213; Guoyu '演' v 1; Unihan '演'; XHZD '演' 1, p. 867)
2. yǎn verb to practice
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 练习, as in 演练 (Guoyu '演' v 2; XHZD '演' 3, p. 867)
3. yǎn verb to extend / to stretch
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 演 is synonomous with 延展 (Guoyu '演' v 3)
4. yǎn verb to develop / to evolve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 演 is synonomous with 演变 (CCD '演' 1, p. 2213; XHZD '演' 4, p. 867)
5. yǎn verb to deduce / to infer / to derive
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 演 is synonomous with 推演 (CCD '演' 3, p. 2213; Guoyu '演' v 4)
6. yǎn verb to explain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 演 is synonomous with 阐述 or 讲解 (CCD '演' 2, p. 2213; XHZD '演' 2, p. 867)

Contained in

• 演讲(演講) to give speech or lecture
• 演示 to present / to demonstrate / to show
• 演出 to act / to perform
• 联合军演(聯合軍演) joint military exercise
• 扮演 to play the part of / to act
• 演变(演變) to develop / to evolve
• 演说(演說) to give a speech ; a speech
• 演练(演練) to drill / to practice
• 演唱会(演唱會) concert / vocal recital
• 表演 to perform / to act / to demonstrate ; play / show / performance / exhibition
• 开演(開演) to begin a performance ; to lecture / to expound
• 演员(演員) actor / actress
• 导演(導演) film director / performance director ; to direct a film or performance
• 讲演(講演) to lecture / to speak publicly
• 演唱 to sing
• 演算 to perform math calculations
• 演习(演習) to manoeuvre
• 演奏 to play a musical instrument
• 演绎(演繹) to deduce
• 上演 to screen a movie / to stage a play
• 演进(演進) to evolve
• 主演 a lead actor
• 女演员(女演員) actress
• 演化 to evolve
• 推演 to deduce / to infer / to derive
• 演化心理学(演化心理學) evolutionary psychology
• 表演者 performer
• 演戏(演戲) to perform a play
• 演艺人员(演藝人員) an entertainer / a performer
• 表演艺术(表演藝術) performing arts
• 发表演讲(發表演講) to give a speech
• 演艺(演藝) performing arts
• 演艺界(演藝界) performing arts circles / show business
• 义演(義演) benefit performance / charity show
• 公演 to perform (e.g. on the stage) / to lecture
• 演艺圈(演藝圈) show business
• 重演 a repeat performance / repeat occurrence (e.g. of a disaster)
• 演技 acting / performing skills
• 敷演 to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the meaning of the classics) ; to act
• 演活 (of an actor) to bring (one's character) to life / to act brilliantly

Also contained in

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• 卷六十一 吳世家第一: 楊行密 Volume 61: Hereditary House of Wu New History of the Five Dynasties 《新五代史》 — count: 28
• 卷二百五十三 列傳第一百四十一 王應熊 張至發 薛國觀 程國祥 陳演 魏藻德 Volume 253 Biographies 141: Wang Yingxiong, Zhang Zhifa, Xue Guoguan, Cheng Guoxiang, Chen Yan, Wei Zaode History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 22
• 卷六十三 列傳第二十三 王華 王曇首 殷景仁 沈演之 Volume 63 Biographies 23: Wang Hua, Wang Tanshou, Yin Jingren, Shen Yanzhi Book of Song 《宋書》 — count: 20
• 卷三百十七 列傳第七十六 邵亢 馮京 錢惟演 Volume 317 Biographies 76: Shao Kang, Feng Jing, Qian Weiyan History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 19
• 卷三十六　列傳第二十六 羊欣 羊玄保 沈演之 江夷 江秉之 Volume 36 Biographies 26: Yang Xin, Yang Xuanbao, Shen Yanzhi, Jiangyi, Jiang Bingzhi History of the Southern Dynasties 《南史》 — count: 14
• 卷一百〇四 載記第四 石勒上 Volume 104 Records 4: Shi Le Part One Book of Jin 《晉書》 — count: 13
• 卷七　　齊本紀中第七:　顯祖文宣帝 廢帝 孝昭帝 Volume 7 Northern Qi Annals 2: Emperor Xianzu Wenxuan, Deposed Emperor, Emperor Xiaozhao History of the Northern Dynasties 《北史》 — count: 12
• 卷四十五 袁張韓周列傳 Volume 45: Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Han, Zhou Book of Later Han 《後漢書》 — count: 12
• 卷八十二 志第三十五 律曆十五 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Measures and Calendar 15 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 11
• 卷二百〇二 志第一百五十五 藝文一 Volume 202 Treatises 155: Arts and Literature 1 History of Song 《宋史》 — count: 10

Collocations

• 刘演 (劉演) 北中郎將劉演克頓丘 — Book of Jin 《晉書》, 卷五 帝紀第五 孝懷帝 孝愍帝 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Huai; Emperor Min — count: 9
• 演等 (演等) 單于遣右皋林王伊邪莫演等奉獻朝正月 — Book of Han 《漢書》, 卷九十四下 匈奴傳 Volume 94b: Traditions of the Xiongnu 2 — count: 6
• 韩演 (韓演) 廣與司徒韓演 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷四十四 鄧張徐張胡列傳 Volume 44: Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Xu, Zhang, Hu — count: 5
• 演孔 (演孔) 春秋演孔圖 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 5
• 春秋演 (春秋演) 春秋演孔圖 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 4
• 子演 (子演) 子演嗣 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷二十二 朱景王杜馬劉傅堅馬列傳 Volume 22: Biographies of Zhu, Jing, Wang, Du, Ma, Liu, Fu, Jian, Ma — count: 4
• 孙演 (孫演) 稜孫演 — Book of Later Han 《後漢書》, 卷四十五 袁張韓周列傳 Volume 45: Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Han, Zhou — count: 4
• 光演 (光演) 光演文武 — Book of Han 《漢書》, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 3
• 弘演 (弘演) 敢忘弘演之義乎 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》, 卷二十二 魏書二十二 桓二陳徐衛盧傳 Volume 22: Book of Wei 22 - Biographies of Huan, the two Chens, Xu, Wei, and Lu — count: 3
• 麴演 (麴演) 金城諸將麴演 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 《三國志》, 卷一 魏書一 武帝紀 Volume 1: Book of Wei 1 - Annals of Emperor Wu — count: 3