| 表演艺术 | biǎo yǎn yì shù | performing |  |
| 艺人 | yì rén | performing artist / actor |  |
| 演技 | yǎn jì | acting / performing skills | |
| 演艺 | yǎn yì | performing arts | |
| 临场 | lín chǎng | to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc) | |
| 演艺界 | yǎn yì jiè | performing arts circles / show business | |
| 公使 | gōng shǐ | minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations | |
| 不插电 | bù chā diàn | unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) | |
| 优伶 | yōu líng | (old) performing artist / actor / actress | |
| 白冰冰 | Bái Bīng bīng | Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist) | |
| 因公殉职 | yīn gōng xùn zhí | to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom) | |
| 辍演 | chuò yǎn | to stop performing a play / to interrupt a stage run | |
| 表演艺术特别代表 | | Special Representative for the Performing Arts | |
| 表演艺术训练和研究中心 | | Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts | |
| 欧洲表演艺术训练研究中心 | | European Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts | |
| 高增长亚洲经济体 | gāo zēng zhǎng yà zhōu jīng jì tǐ | high performing Asian economies | |
| 儿基会表演艺术特别代表 | | UNICEF Special Representative for the Performing Arts | |
| 慢半拍 | màn bàn pāi | (music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc) | |
