群演

qúnyǎn

noun

Meanings

1 extra (in a film or TV production)
2 background actor (abbr. for 群众演员)

Characters

to perform, act

Examples

HSK 6

他从群演做起，用了十年才有名气。

Tā cóng qúnyǎn zuòqǐ, yòng le shí nián cái yǒu míngqi.

He started as an extra and took ten years to gain recognition.

HSK 7-9

横店每天有上万名群演等着开工。

Héngdiàn měitiān yǒu shàngwàn míng qúnyǎn děng zhe kāigōng.

Every day in Hengdian, tens of thousands of extras wait for work.

Tips

culture

Abbreviation of 群众演员 ('crowd actor'). Centered on Hengdian World Studios (横店) in Zhejiang, the 群演 subculture - day-rate pay, on-site housing, hoping for a line - has been dramatized in films like 我是路人甲 (I Am Somebody, 2015).

Stroke Order

群 qún

演 yǎn