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开演

kāi yǎn

2-character word Traditional 開演

What 开演 means

1. (of a play, movie etc) to begin

The characters in 开演

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Example sentences

• 电影快要开演了。
  Diànyǐng kuàiyào kāiyǎn le.
  The movie's about to start.

Sounds the same

Read kāi yǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 开眼to open one's eyes; to widen one's horizons