演奏

Chinese

		to perform; to put on	play (music)
simp. and trad. (演奏)		演	奏

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnzòu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin² zau³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ián-chàu / ián-chò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnzòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnzòu
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-tsou⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-dzòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeantzow
  - Palladius: яньцзоу (janʹczou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡soʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin² zau³
  - Yale: yín jau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin² dzau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin² zeo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn³⁵ t͡sɐu̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-chàu
  - Tâi-lô: ián-tsàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iefnzaux
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sau⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sau¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ián-chò
  - Tâi-lô: ián-tsò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iefnzoix
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡so⁴¹/

Verb

演奏

to play a musical instrument; to perform music; to give an instrumental performance
演奏完畢／演奏完毕 ― yǎnzòu wánbì ― end of performance

Synonyms

上演 (shàngyǎn)
上臺 / 上台 (shàngtái)
串 (literary, or in compounds)
做戲 / 做戏 (zuòxì)
出演 (chūyǎn)
奏 (zòu) (literary, or in compounds)
扮戲 / 扮戏 (bànxì)
搬戲 / 搬戏 (Hokkien)
操 (literary, or in compounds)
演 (yǎn)
演出 (yǎnchū)
演唱 (yǎnchàng) (to perform a song)
演戲 / 演戏 (yǎnxì)
登臺 / 登台 (dēngtái)
耍 (shuǎ)
表演 (biǎoyǎn)

Derived terms

即席演奏
演奏家 (yǎnzòujiā)
演奏會 / 演奏会 (yǎnzòuhuì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
演	奏
えん Grade: 5	そう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Etymology

From 演 ("perform," "put on") + 奏 ("play (music)").

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんそー [èńsóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɰ̃so̞ː]

Noun

演(えん)奏(そう) • (ensō)

a performance (of music); a recital
演奏(えんそう)時間(じかん)の短(みじか)い曲(きょく)
ensō jikan no mijikai kyoku
short song
(literally, “song with a short playing time”)

Verb

演(えん)奏(そう)する • (ensō suru) transitive suru (stem 演(えん)奏(そう)し (ensō shi), past 演(えん)奏(そう)した (ensō shita))

to play (an instrument)
ピアノを演奏(えんそう)する
piano o ensō suru
play the piano
to perform (a piece of music)
機械(きかい)によって自動的(じどうてき)に楽曲(がっきょく)を演奏(えんそう)すること
kikai ni yotte jidōteki ni gakkyoku o ensō suru koto
playing a musical composition automatically by means of a machine

Conjugation

Conjugation of "演奏する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	演奏し	えんそうし	ensō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	演奏し	えんそうし	ensō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	演奏する	えんそうする	ensō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	演奏する	えんそうする	ensō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	演奏すれ	えんそうすれ	ensō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	演奏せよ¹ 演奏しろ²	えんそうせよ¹ えんそうしろ²	ensō seyo¹ ensō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	演奏される	えんそうされる	ensō sareru
Causative	演奏させる演奏さす	えんそうさせるえんそうさす	ensō saseru ensō sasu
Potential	演奏できる	えんそうできる	ensō dekiru
Volitional	演奏しよう	えんそうしよう	ensō shiyō
Negative	演奏しない	えんそうしない	ensō shinai
Negative continuative	演奏せず	えんそうせず	ensō sezu
Formal	演奏します	えんそうします	ensō shimasu
Perfective	演奏した	えんそうした	ensō shita
Conjunctive	演奏して	えんそうして	ensō shite
Hypothetical conditional	演奏すれば	えんそうすれば	ensō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“演奏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
演	奏

Noun

演奏 • (yeonju) (hangeul 연주)

hanja form^? of 연주 (“performance; recital”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
演	奏

Verb

演奏

chữ Hán form of diễn tấu (“to play, to perform”)