表演

Chinese

		surface; exterior; to watch surface; exterior; to watch; to show; express; an example; a list or table; a meter; a watch; chart; external	to develop; to evolve; to practise to develop; to evolve; to practise; to perform; to play; to act
simp. and trad. (表演)		表	演

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎoyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² jin²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): péu-yên / péu-yân

  (Hailu, HRS): biau^ˊ rhan^ˋ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bieo³ eng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): piáu-ián

  (Teochew, Peng'im): biou² ing⁵ / biao² ing⁵ / biao² êng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵piau-i

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎoyǎn [Phonetic: biáoyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎoyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: piao³-yen³
    • Yale: byǎu-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauyean
    • Palladius: бяоянь (bjaojanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: biu² jin²
    • Yale: bíu yín
    • Cantonese Pinyin: biu² jin²
    • Guangdong Romanization: biu² yin²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ jiːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-yên
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ ien^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ i̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-yân
    • Hakka Romanization System: beu^ˋ (r)ian^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ yan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /peu̯³¹ (j)i̯an²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: biau^ˊ rhan^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /piau²⁴⁻³³ ʒan⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bieo³ eng³ [Phonetic: bieo⁵ eng³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bâ̤u-êng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieu⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ɛŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bieo³ eng³ [Phonetic: bieo⁵ eng³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pieu³³²⁻²¹ ɛŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-ián
    • Tâi-lô: piáu-ián
    • Phofsit Daibuun: piawiern
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Penang): /piau⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ iɛn⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /piau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: biou² ing⁵ / biao² ing⁵ / biao² êng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pióu îng / piáu îng / piáu êng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piou⁵²⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/, /piau⁵²⁻³⁵ iŋ⁵⁵/, /piau⁵²⁻³⁵ eŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• biou2 ing5 - Chaozhou;
• biao2 ing5 - Shantou;
• biao2 êng5 - Jieyang.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵piau-i
    • MiniDict: piau^去 i
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²piau-i
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /piɔ³³ i⁴⁴/

Verb

表演

1. to perform; to act; to play
2. to demonstrate
3. to put on an act; to pose

Synonyms

• (to perform):

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• 上演 (shàngyǎn)
• 上臺 / 上台 (shàngtái)
• 串 (literary, or in compounds)
• 做戲 / 做戏 (zuòxì)
• 出演 (chūyǎn)
• 奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
• 扮戲 / 扮戏 (bànxì)
• 搬戲 / 搬戏 (Hokkien)
• 操 (literary, or in compounds)
• 演 (yǎn)
• 演出 (yǎnchū)
• 演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
• 演奏 (yǎnzòu)
• 演戲 / 演戏 (yǎnxì)
• 登臺 / 登台 (dēngtái)
• 耍 (shuǎ)

Noun

表演

1. performance; exhibition

Derived terms

• 即興表演 / 即兴表演
• 表演唱 (biǎoyǎnchàng)
• 表演藝術 / 表演艺术 (biǎoyǎn yìshù)
• 表演賽 / 表演赛 (biǎoyǎnsài)
• 雜耍表演 / 杂耍表演 (záshuǎ biǎoyǎn)