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延长

yán cháng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 延長

延长 (yán cháng) means "to extend; to prolong". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 延长 means

1. to prolong
2. to extend
3. to delay

Other readings

延长 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Yán chángsee {延长县|Yán cháng Xiàn}

The characters in 延长

• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte

Example sentences

• 她延长停留五天。
  She extended her stay by five days.
• 我需要一条延长线。
  I need an extension cord.
• 这条延长线太短了。
  This extension cord is too short.
• 我想延长这里的住宿多几天。
  Wǒ xiǎng yáncháng zhèli de zhùsù duō jǐ tiān.
  I want to extend my stay here for a few more days.
• 我们决定延长申请截止日期。
  We've decided to extend the application deadline.
• 合理地喂狗可以延长宠物寿命。
  Hélǐ de wèi gǒu kěyǐ yáncháng chǒngwù shòumìng.
  If you feed your dog properly, you can increase his lifespan.

Words starting with 延长

• 延长线yán cháng xiànextension cord; extended line; powerstrip
• 延长县Yán cháng XiànYanchang, a county in Yan'an City 延安市

Where 延长 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Truth, Evidence & Solemnity (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yán cháng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.