扮 演

bànyǎn

“To play the role of” in Chinese is 扮演 (bànyǎn).

Meaning

to play the role of
to act

Example

大自然在我们的生活中扮演着重要的角色。

Nature plays an important role in our life.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

bànHSK 57 strokesto disguise oneself as yǎnHSK 314 strokesto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show)

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