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演奏

yǎn zòu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

演奏 (yǎn zòu) means "to perform on a musical instrument". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 演奏 means

1. to perform on a musical instrument

The characters in 演奏

• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…
• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)

Example sentences

• 你演奏乐器吗？
  Do you play a musical instrument?
• 他在演奏音乐。
  He is playing music.
• 你能演奏管风琴吗？
  Nǐ néng yǎnzòu guǎnfēngqín ma?
  Can you play the organ?
• 我在一个乐团里演奏。
  Wǒ zài yī gè yuètuán lǐ yǎnzòu.
  I play in a band.
• 你能用C小调演奏吗？
  Nǐ néng yòng C xiǎodiào yǎnzòu ma?
  Can you play the key of C minor?
• 那个演奏会几点开始？
  What time is the concert?

Words starting with 演奏

• 演奏者yǎn zòu zhěperformer; musician

Words containing 演奏

• 钢琴演奏gāng qín yǎn zòupiano performance

Where 演奏 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yàng–yáo (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 yǎn zòu correctly.
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