延 yán

delay, postpone, defer

HSK 5 #1103

DEFINITIONS

  • delay, postpone, defer
  • surname Yan
  • to prolong
  • to extend
  • to delay

STROKES

延 stroke order diagram
延 stroke order animation

WORDS

延长 yán cháng
HSK 5
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi; to prolong; to extend; to delay
拖延 tuō yán
HSK 6
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
延续 yán xù
HSK 6
to continue; to go on; to last
蔓延 màn yán
HSK 6
to extend; to spread
延期 yán qī
HSK 6
to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer
延伸 yán shēn
HSK 6
to extend; to spread
延迟 yán chí to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate; (computing) to lag
延误 yán wu to delay; to be held up; to miss (an opportunity); delay; holdup
延缓 yán huǎn to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
延边 yán biān Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市
绵延 mián yán continuous (esp. of mountain ranges); to stretch long and unbroken; a continuous link; sostenuto (sustained, in music)
顺延 shùn yán to postpone; to procrastinate
延年益寿 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life
推延 tuī yán to procrastinate
夏延 xià yán Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming
延展性 yán zhǎn xìng ductability
外延 wài yán extension (semantics)
延安 yán ān Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
延展 yán zhǎn to extend; to stretch out; ductable; to scale; scalable
延平 yán píng Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian; Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
延揽 yán lǎn to recruit talent; to round up; to enlist the services of sb
延绵 yán mián to extend continuously
延髓 yán suǐ medulla oblongata (the lower half of the brainstem)
不周延 bù zhōu yán undistributed
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