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延后

yán hòu

2-character word Traditional 延後

What 延后 means

1. to postpone
2. to defer
3. to delay

The characters in 延后

• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 运动会因为下雨延后了。
  Owing to the rain, the athletic meeting was put off.
• 鲍伯建议将聚会延后到周三。
  Bob suggested postponing the party till Wednesday.

Sounds the same

Read yán hòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颜厚brazen

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