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演唱

yǎn chàng · yan chang

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Meaning

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  1. to sing (for an audience)
  2. vocal performance
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The concert poster

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，这是(zhèshì)演唱会(yǎnchànghuì)的(de)海报(hǎibào)。

    Look, this is the concert poster.

  2. Liangliang

    谁(shéi)来(lái)演唱(yǎnchàng)？

    Who is coming to perform?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)最(zuì)喜欢(xǐhuan)的(de)歌手(gēshǒu)，她(tā)会(huì)演唱(yǎnchàng)十(shí)首(shǒu)歌(gē)。

    My favorite singer. She will sing ten songs.

  4. Liangliang

    票(piào)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    How much is a ticket?

  5. Dengdeng

    八百(bābǎi)。

    Eight hundred.

  6. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)还是(háishi)在家(zàijiā)听(tīng)她(tā)演唱(yǎnchàng)吧(ba)。

    We'd better listen to her singing at home.

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In a sentence

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01

她(tā)今(jīn)晚(wǎn)要(yào)在(zài)音(yīn)乐(yuè)会(huì)上(shàng)演(yǎn)唱(chàng)三(sān)首(shǒu)民(mín)歌(gē)。

She will sing three folk songs at the concert tonight.

02

这(zhè)位(wèi)歌(gē)手(shǒu)演(yǎn)唱(chàng)时(shí)总(zǒng)是(shì)充(chōng)满(mǎn)感(gǎn)情(qíng)。

This singer is always full of emotion when performing.

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演
yǎn

to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)

唱
chàng

to sing; to call loudly

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