开演 kāiyǎn to begin Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents kāiyǎn to begin 开 開 kāi verb to start to begin; to start; to set in motion; to initiate (an action, term, or schedule)演 yǎn verb to perform to perform; to act in a play or movie; to stage a show or put on a performancekāiyǎn to explain 开 開 kāi verbparticle to open to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open演 yǎn nounverb to deduce (bound form) to deduce; to elaborate; to develop or expand on a theme