延 (yán)
To delay; to extend
How 延 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — long stride
- Traditional
- 延
- Simplified
- 延 (unchanged)
Components
- 廴 long stride
- ㇒ N/A
- 止 stop
Common words using 延
- 延伸 yánshēn
- to extend; to spread
- 延安 yánān
- Yán'ān prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陝西|陕西, communist headquarters during the war
- 延緩 yánhuǎn
- to defer; to postpone; to put off
- 延續 yánxù
- to continue; to go on; to last
- 延誤 yánwu
- delay; hold-up; wasted time
- 延長 yáncháng
- Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
- 拖延 tuōyán
- to adjourn; to delay; to defer
- 蔓延 mànyán
- to extend; to spread
- 延吉 yánjí
- Yanji county level city, capital of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
- 延年益壽 yánniányìshòu
- to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life
- 延後 yánhòu
- to postpone; to defer; to delay
- 延慶 yánqìng
- Yanqing county in Beijing
延 in a sentence
會議延後到下午了。
Huìyì yánhòu dào xiàwǔ le.
“The meeting has been postponed to the afternoon.”
How common is 延?
延 is the 1,101st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.6% of all running text.
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