演奏

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Verb

演奏

  1. 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

Derived terms

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)").

Noun

演(えん)奏(そう) • (ensō) 

  1. 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))

  1. to play (an instrument)
    ピアノを演奏(えんそう)する
    piano o ensō suru
    play the piano
  2. 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

Korean

Hanja in this term
演奏

Noun

演奏 • (yeonju) (hangeul 연주)

  1. Hanja form? of 연주 (“performance; recital”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
演奏

Verb

演奏

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