演员
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
演员 (yǎnyuán) · actor
演员 (yǎnyuán) means “actor; actress; performer”. It is written with 2 characters: 演 (to act) + 员 (member). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 演员 is built
The characters
演 yǎn · to act
What 演 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 寅yín — to respect
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 由yóu — to follow
- 八bā — eight
- 宀 — roof
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 寅 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
员 yuán · member
What 员 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 贝bèi — sea shell
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 人rén — person
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: money (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
她是一位有名的演员。Tā shì yī wèi yǒumíng de yǎnyuán.She is a famous actress.
你想当演员吗？Nǐ xiǎng dāng yǎnyuán ma?Do you want to be an actor?
Questions about 演员
What does 演员 mean?
演员 (yǎnyuán) means “actor; actress; performer”.
How do you pronounce 演员?
演员 is pronounced yǎnyuán.
Which HSK level is 演员?
演员 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 表演biǎoyǎnto perform
- 导演dǎoyǎndirector
- 演唱yǎnchàngto sing (on stage)
- 演唱会yǎnchànghuìconcert
- 演出yǎnchūperformance
- 演讲yǎnjiǎngto give a speech
- 扮演bànyǎnto play the role of
- 演变yǎnbiànto evolve
- 演习yǎnxídrill
- 演绎yǎnyìto interpret
Learn 演员 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 46: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.