Listen to pronunciation (Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)
Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
performance, to act, to demonstrate, to play, show, program, to play
Chinese characters:
For obtaining stroke order animations, visit the links to the individual characters below.
表演 ( biaoyan / biăoyăn ) is composed of these characters:
表 (biao)
, 演 (yan)
The traditional Chinese characters of biăoyăn are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.