開演

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

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

  1. 開釋講演，闡述義理。
  2. 開始表演。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 開 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 開本 kāiběn, book format
2 演 yǎn
  1. to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)
  2. (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)

Related entries

俶 chù to begin
入手 rùshǒu
  1. to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從 cóng + {noun} + 入手 rùshǒu: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point")
  2. to receive; to obtain; to buy
始 shǐ
  1. to begin
  2. to start
  3. then
  4. only then
我8点开始工作。

I start work at 8.

Source: Tatoeba

興辦 xīngbàn
  1. to begin
  2. to set in motion
開場 kāichǎng
  1. to begin
  2. to open
  3. to start
  4. beginning of an event
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