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参演 (cān yǎn) — to take part in a performance, to appear in (a movie, play, etc.)

Definition

verb
to take part in a performanceto appear in (a movie, play, etc.)

Examples

  • 参演。
    Tā cān yǎn le zhè bù diàn yǐng.
    He appeared in this movie.
  • 参演。
    Tā cān yǎn guò duō bù huà jù.
    She has performed in many plays.
  • 参演。
    Zhè cì yǎn chū yǒu hěn duō zhī míng yǎn yuán cān yǎn.
    Many famous actors are participating in this performance.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

参cānjoin in
演yǎnperform

参 and 演 both convey joining in and performing, together meaning to appear in a performance.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 參; 参 is its simplified writing.

For simplified 参, the story belongs to traditional 參, which combines 晶 (stars), 光 (light), and 彡 (rays) to show the Three Stars; one reading takes 光 as a kneeling person looking up.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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Film & Theater

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