yán

to extend; to prolong; to delay

HSK 5 #1103

Character data

HSK 5
Frequency 1103rd character
Radical ⼵ (54.4)
Strokes 6
Index # 464

Definitions

延 yán
  1. 1. to extend
  2. 2. to prolong
  3. 3. to delay
  4. 4. surname Yan

Stroke order

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Words containing 延

Word Meaning
to extend; to prolong; to delay
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
to continue; to go on; to last
to spread; to extend
to delay; to postpone; to defer
to extend; to spread
to delay; to postpone; (computing) to lag
to delay; delay; to be held up
to slow sth down; to postpone; to put off
to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
Yanbian, Korean area in Jilin, China
continuous (esp. of mountain ranges)
to postpone; to procrastinate
to make life longer; (this product will) extend your life
to procrastinate
Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming
ductability
extension (semantics)
Yan'an city in Shaanxi; former CCP base
to extend; to stretch out; scalable
Yanping district of Nanping city nán píng shì Fujian
to recruit talent; to enlist the services of sb
to extend continuously
medulla oblongata (the lower half of the brainstem)
undistributed
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