开演 (開演)
kāi yǎn
Pinyin

Definition

开演 (開演)
 - 
kāi yǎn
  1. (of a play, movie etc) to begin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

导演
dǎo yǎn
  1. 1 to direct
  2. 2 director (film etc)
演
yǎn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve
  3. 3 to practice
  4. 4 to perform
  5. 5 to play
  6. 6 to act
演出
yǎn chū
  1. 1 to act (in a play)
  2. 2 to perform
  3. 3 to put on (a performance)
  4. 4 performance
  5. 5 concert
  6. 6 show
  7. 7 classifier: 场 chǎng
  8. 8 classifier: 次 cì
演员
yǎn yuán
  1. 1 actor or actress
  2. 2 performer
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
  5. 5 classifier: 名 míng
演唱会
yǎn chàng huì
  1. 1 vocal recital or concert

Idioms (1)

沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run

Sample Sentences

欸！开演了，你也不用转台啦，陪我看完吧。
ài ！kāiyǎn le ，nǐ yě bùyòng zhuǎn tái la ，péi wǒ kàn wán ba 。
Hey! It's started, don't change the channel and watch it with me.
Go to Lesson