Chinese symbol for “rehearse”
排练
pái liàn
Traditional: 排練
to rehearse; rehearsal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rehearse is 排练 (pái liàn), defined as: to rehearse; rehearsal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rehearse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排演 | pái yǎn | to rehearse (a performance) |
| 排 | pái | to arrange in order; to line up; to exclude; to eliminate; to repel; to expel; to discharge |
| 预演 (預演) | yù yǎn | dummy run; to run through sth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 排练.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 安排 | ān pái | to arrange; to plan |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 排除 | pái chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 排列 | pái liè | to arrange in order; (math.) permutation |
| 排放 | pái fàng | to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) |
| 排队 (排隊) | pái duì | to line up |
| 训练 (訓練) | xùn liàn | to train; to drill |
| 教练 (教練) | jiào liàn | to coach; to train; instructor; sports coach; trainer (CL:位 (wèi),名 (míng)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rehearse”.
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.