主 演

zhǔyǎn

verbnounHSK 7-9

“To play the leading role” in Chinese is 主演 (zhǔyǎn).

Meaning

to play the leading role; to star
lead actor

Example

他因主演此片而紅了。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zhǔHSK 25 strokesowner yǎnHSK 314 strokesto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)

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