Chinese symbol for “act”
演出
yǎn chū
to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for act is 演出 (yǎn chū), defined as: to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “act”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 举动 (舉動) | jǔ dòng | act; action |
| 饰演 (飾演) | shì yǎn | to act; to play a part |
| 举措 (舉措) | jǔ cuò | move; act; measure |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 动作 (動作) | dòng zuò | movement; motion; action; to act; to move |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 演出.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | play; show |
| 导演 (導演) | dǎo yǎn | to direct; director (film etc) |
| 演员 (演員) | yǎn yuán | actor; actress; performer |
| 演讲 (演講) | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | to play the role of; to act |
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
See also: Japanese symbol for “act”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.