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饰演

shì yǎn

2-character word Traditional 飾演

What 饰演 means

1. to act
2. to play a part

The characters in 饰演

• 饰shìdecoration; ornament; to decorate
• 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out…

Example sentences

• Olivier饰演了哈姆雷特一角。
  Oliüier shìyǎn le Hāmǔléitè yī jué.
  Olivier acted the part of Hamlet.

Sounds the same

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

• 试演audition; dress rehearsal; preview (of a theatrical performance)