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
director, to direct
Chinese characters:
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导演 ( daoyan / dăoyăn ) is composed of these characters:
导 (dao)
, 演 (yan)