开演 meaning in English

kāiyǎn

(of a play, movie etc) to begin

Traditional 開演18 strokes

Meaning of 开演

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāiyǎn
  1. (of a play, movie etc) to begin

开演 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

电diàn影yǐng快kuài要yào开kāi演yǎn了le。
The movie's about to start.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

演 yǎn · to perform · 14 strokes

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  14. 14

Related words

Words that share a character with 开演.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
表演biǎoyǎnplay; show

Questions about 开演

What does 开演 mean?

开演 (kāiyǎn) means "(of a play, movie etc) to begin".

How do you write 开演?

开演 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 演 (14 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 开演 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开演 is written 開演.