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扮演

bàn yǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

扮演 (bàn yǎn) means "to play the role of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 扮演 means

1. to play the role of
2. to act

The characters in 扮演

• 扮bànto disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role)
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Example sentences

• 他扮演哈姆雷特的角色。
  Tā bànyǎn Hāmǔléitè de juésè.
  He played the part of Hamlet.
• 女性永远只能扮演次要角色吗？
  Nǚxìng yǒngyuǎn zhǐnéng bànyǎn cìyào juésè ma?
  Must the woman always play the secondary role?
• 巫术在原始社会扮演重要角色。
  Wūshù zài yuánshǐshèhuì bànyǎn zhòngyào juésè.
  Magic plays an important part in primitive society.
• 大自然在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。
  Nature plays an important role in our life.
• 湿地在生态系统中扮演着净化水源、防止洪水和侵蚀、为野生动物提供食物和栖息地的重要角色。
  Wetlands play important roles in the ecosystem in purifying water, protecting against flood and erosion, and as both a source of food and habitat for wild animals.

Words containing 扮演

• 角色扮演游戏jué sè bàn yǎn yóu xìrole-playing game (RPG)

Where 扮演 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bài–bàn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bàn yǎn correctly.
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