演
yǎn HSK3

perform

演 yǎn
perform verb
to perform a play or movie; to stage a show

他在电影里演主角。

tā zài diàn​yǐng lǐ yǎn zhǔ​jué.

He plays the lead role in the movie.

practice verb
to carry out a task, drill, or calculation

数学老师在黑板上把这道题的推导过程演了一遍。

shù​xué lǎo​shī zài hēi​bǎn shàng bǎ zhè dào tí de tuī​dǎo guò​chéng yǎn le yī biàn.

The math teacher demonstrated the derivation of this problem on the blackboard.

develop verb
to develop or evolve over time; to play out

随着局势的演进，双方最终达成了协议。

suí​zhe jú​shì de yǎn​jìn, shuāng​fāng zuì​zhōng dá​chéng le xié​yì.

As the situation evolved, the two sides finally reached an agreement.

Frequency
Character
Written text
715th most common 270.8 per million
Movie subtitles
315th most common 499.0 per million appears in 62% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
83.6 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
59.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+6F14

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)