| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 扮演 | bàn yǎn | play the part of; act | |
| 表演 | biǎo yǎn | perform; act; play; show; performance; exhibition; demonstrate | |
| 表演藝術 | 表演艺术 | biǎo yǎn yì shù | performing arts |
| 操演 | cāo yǎn | demonstration | |
| 重演 | chóng yǎn | (vt) replay | |
| 導演 | 导演 | dǎo yǎn | direct; director (film etc.) |
| 電影導演 | 电影导演 | diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn | film director |
| 電影演員 | 电影演员 | diàn yǐng yǎn yuán | movie star |
| 發表演講 | 发表演讲 | fā biǎo yǎn jiǎng | to give a speech |
| 反演 | fǎn yǎn | inversion (geometry) | |
| 核武器演練 | 核武器演练 | hé wǔ qì yǎn liàn | nuclear weapon maneuver |
| 恆星演化 | 恒星演化 | héng xīng yǎn huà | stellar evolution |
| 講演 | 讲演 | jiǎng yǎn | (v) lecture to a crowd; give a speech |
| 軍事演習 | 军事演习 | jūn shì yǎn xí | (n) war game; military exercise |
| 軍演 | 军演 | jūn yǎn | military exercises |
| 開演 | 开演 | kāi yǎn | (of a play, movie, etc.) to begin |
| 聯合軍演 | 联合军演 | lián hé jūn yǎn | joint military exercise |
| 女演員 | 女演员 | nǚ yǎn yuán | actress |
| 三大男高音演唱會 | 三大男高音演唱会 | Sān dà nán gāo yīn yǎn chàng huì | The Three Tenors |
| 三國演義 | 三国演义 | sān guó yǎn yì | name of a classic novel, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" |
| 微演化 | wēi yǎn huà | microevolution | |
| 星系演化探測器 | 星系演化探测器 | Xīng xì yǎn huà tàn cè qì | GALEX |
| 演 | yǎn | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 演變 | 演变 | yǎn biàn | to develop; to evolve |
| 演唱 | yǎn chàng | (v) sing (in front of an audience) | |
| 演出 | yǎn chū | (acting) play; perform | |
| 演化 | yǎn huà | evolution | |
| 演化發育生物學 | 演化发育生物学 | yǎn huà fā yù shēng wù xué | evolutionary developmental biology |
| 演講 | 演讲 | yǎn jiǎng | (give) a speech or lecture |
| 演練 | 演练 | yǎn liàn | drill; practice |
| 演示 | yǎn shì | to demonstrate; to show | |
| 演說 | 演说 | yǎn shuō | (deliver a) speech |
| 演說者 | 演说者 | yǎn shuō zhě | orator; speaker |
| 演算 | yǎn suàn | to calculate; to perform calculations | |
| 演算溢位 | yǎn suàn yì wèi | arithmetic overflow | |
| 演習 | 演习 | yǎn xí | exercise; practice; to put on a play; to act |
| 演繹 | 演绎 | yǎn yì | (Logic) deductive |
| 演藝 | 演艺 | yǎn yì | performing arts |
| 演繹法 | 演绎法 | yǎn yì fǎ | (Logic) deduction |
| 演員 | 演员 | yǎn yuán | actor or actress; performer |
| 演奏 | yǎn zòu | (v) play a musical instrument in a performance | |
| 預演 | 预演 | yù yǎn | (n) dummy run; run-through; (vi) rehearse |
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