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演员

yǎn yuán

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 演員

演员 (yǎn yuán) means "actor/actress". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 演员 means

1. actor; actress; performer

The characters in 演员

• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 员yuán(bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member…

Example sentences

• 他们是演员。
  They are actors.
• 他是喜剧演员。
  He's a comedian.
• 汤姆是演员吗？
  Is Tom an actor?
• 她穿得像个演员。
  She dressed like an actress.
• 你最喜欢的演员是谁？
  Nǐ zuì xǐhuan de yǎnyuán shì shéi?
  Who's your favourite actor?
• 我是演员，不是模特。
  Wǒ shì yǎnyuán, bù shì mótè.
  I'm an actress, not a model.

Words starting with 演员

• 演员阵容yǎn yuán zhèn róngcast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe

Words containing 演员

• 特技演员tè jì yǎn yuánstuntman
• 群众演员qún zhòng yǎn yuánextra (actor engaged to appear in a crowd scene)
• 临时演员lín shí yǎn yuánan extra (in a movie)
• 电影演员diàn yǐng yǎn yuánfilm actor; movie actor; movie actress
• 杂技演员zá jì yǎn yuánacrobat
• 替身演员tì shēn yǎn yuánsubstitute actor (esp. in fights of theatrical stunts); stuntman

Where 演员 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Professions & roles (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǎn yuán correctly.
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