| 演 | 1014B00 63A.80-6 | 部居  | 畫數 14 | ㄧㄢˇ [yan3] | ||
| V.i. & t. | (1) To perform (play, etc.): 演戲，演員，演出 [yan3xi4], [yan3yUan2], [yan3chu1]↓; 扮演 to play (a certain role); 表演 to perform on stage; 上演 (paly) be presented to public; 公演 public performance; 預演 preview; 導演 v.t. & n., to direct (movie, play), director; 演說，演講 [yan3shuo1], [yan3jiang3]↓. (2) To develop, evolve: 天演 natural evolution; 演化，演變 [yan3hua4], [yan3bian4]↓; 推演 to deduce, deduction; 敷演 explain in detail, expound (cf. 敷衍 to do in a perfunctory manner). (3) to do exercises: 演習，演算 [yan3xi2], [yan3suan4]↓; 操演 do military exercises. | |||||
| Words | 1. 演變 [yan3bian4], v.i. & n., (history, events) evolve, develop. 2. 演唱 [yan3chang4], v.i. & n., (give) singing performance. 3. 演出 [yan3chu1], v.i. & n., to present (a play, etc.), a presentation: 演出者 producer (of play, film). 4. 演化 [yan3hua4], v.i., (situation, events) evolve, develop: 演化論 theory of evolution. 5. 演講 [yan2jiang3], v.i. & n., to lecture, to deliver a speech, a lecture an address. 6. 演進 [yan3jin4], v.i., make progress. 7. 演劇 [yan3jU4], v.i., to give a stage performance, esp. 歌劇 opera. 8. 演戲 [yan3xi4], v.i., ditto. 9. 演習 [yan3xi2] ([yan3xi0]), v.i. & n., (1) (mil.) to carry out an exercise; (2) to learn to perform (boxing, fencing, etc.); (3) to rehearse. 10. 演說 [yan3shuo1], v.i., to give a talk, lecture, address; n., a lecture, an address. 11. 演算 [yan3suan4], v.i., do exercise in mathematics. 12. 演奏 [yan3zou4], v.i. & t., to perform on musical instrument. 13. 演義 [yan3yi4]1, n., a historical novel (as 三國志演義 the Three Kingdoms); n., ([yan3yi0]) adj., exaggerated, romanticized: 你說他的本領那麼大，未免有點演義了 you are exaggerating his physical prowess. 14. 演繹 [yan3yi4]2, v.i. & t., to deduce, make a deduction; 演繹法 deductive method (opp. 歸納法 in ductive method). 15. 演員 [yan3yUan2], n., actor, performer. | |||||