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表演

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 practice to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act
simp. and trad. (表演)		表	演

Verb

表演

to perform; to act; to play
to demonstrate
to put on an act; to pose

Noun

表演

performance; exhibition

See also

演奏 (yǎnzòu)

Derived terms

表演唱
表演藝術／表演艺术 (biǎoyǎn yìshù)

表演賽／表演赛

Etymology

From 表 (biǎo, “show, express, manifest, display”) + 演 (yǎn, “perform, put on”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): biǎoyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): biu² jin²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): péu-yên / péu-yân
Min Nan (POJ): piáu-ián
Wu (Wiktionary): piau i (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: biǎoyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beauyean
  - IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: biu² jin²
  - Yale: bíu yín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: biu² jin²
  - IPA ^(key): /piːu̯³⁵ jiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-yên
  - Hakka Romanization System: beu` ien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ yan¹
  - IPA: /pe̯u³¹ i̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: péu-yân
  - Hakka Romanization System: beu` (r)ian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: beu³ yan¹
  - IPA: /pe̯u³¹ (j)i̯an²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piáu-ián
  - Tâi-lô: piáu-ián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: piawiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /piaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /piaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /piaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɛn⁴¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: piau i (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /piɔ³³ i⁴⁴/