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延

yán

HSK 5 Character

What 延 means

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

Other readings

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

• Yánsurname Yan

Example sentences

• 我不能再拖延了。
  Wǒ bù néng zài tuōyán le.
  I have to stop procrastinating.
• 拖延是时间小偷。
  Procrastination is the thief of time.
• 派对延期了一周。
  The party was put off for a week.
• 她延长停留五天。
  She extended her stay by five days.
• 这树林延续数里。
  This forest goes on for a while.
• 请不要再拖延了！
  Stop procrastinating!

Words starting with 延

• 延长yán chángto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 延续yán xùto continue; to go on; to last
• 延伸yán shēnto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
• 延期yán qīto delay; to extend; to postpone
• 延误yán wùto postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth)…
• 延迟yán chíto delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off
• 延缓yán huǎnto defer; to postpone; to put off
• 延寿yán shòuto prolong life; to extend lifespan
• 延年益寿yán nián yì shòu(idiom) to prolong life; to extend lifespan
• 延展yán zhǎnto extend; to stretch out
• 延年yán niánto prolong life
• 延后yán hòuto postpone; to defer; to delay
• 延性yán xìngductility
• 延接yán jiēto receive sb
• 延会yán huìto postpone a meeting
• 延发yán fādelayed action
• 延脑yán nǎo(anatomy) medulla oblongata
• 延见yán jiànto introduce; to receive sb
• 延请yán qǐngto employ; to send for sb promising employment
• 延吉市Yán jí ShìYanji, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州
• 延安市Yán ān ShìYan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province 陕西省
• 延展性yán zhǎn xìngductability
• 延平区Yán píng QūYanping, a district of Nanping City 南平市
• 延长线yán cháng xiànextension cord; extended line; powerstrip

Words containing 延

• 蔓延màn yánto extend; to spread
• 拖延tuō yánto delay; to put off; to procrastinate
• 绵延mián yán(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
• 外延wài yánextension (semantics)
• 顺延shùn yánto be postponed accordingly (e.g. due to weather or other stated factors)
• 苟延残喘gǒu yán cán chuǎn(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
• 周延zhōu yánexhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance)
• 呼延Hū yántwo-character surname Huyan
• 推延tuī yánto procrastinate
• 时延shí yán(electronics) delay; latency
• 不周延bù zhōu yánundistributed
• 巴布延群岛Bā bù yán Qún dǎoBabuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines
• 迟延chí yánto delay
• 夏延Xià yánCheyenne, capital of Wyoming
• 拖延症tuō yán zhèngprocrastination
• 拖延战术tuō yán zhàn shùdelaying tactics; deliberate procrastination
• 拖延时间tuō yán shí jiānto procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
• 遇雨顺延yù yǔ shùn yánto postpone (an activity) in the event of wet weather
• 迁延qiān yánlong delay
• 李延寿Lǐ Yán shòuLi Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
• 蔓延全国màn yán quán guóto spread throughout the entire country
• 挨延ái yánto delay; to procrastinate; to play for time
• 斯瓦尔巴和扬马延Sī wǎ ěr bā hé Yáng mǎ yánSvalbard and Jan Mayen
• 伸延shēn yánsee 延伸

Characters that look like 延

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 丽lìbeautiful
• 驱qūto expel; to urge on; to drive
• 廷tíngpalace courtyard
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 纯chúnpure; simple; unmixed

Sounds the same

Read yán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 颜color; face; countenance
• 言words; speech; to say
• 研to grind; study; research
• 严tight (closely sealed); stern; strict
• 盐salt
• 沿along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on
• 炎flame; inflammation; -itis
• 岩cliff; rock
• 妍beautiful
• 檐eaves; ledge or brim
• 阎(literary) the gate of a lane
• 筵bamboo mat for sitting