"延" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Strokes 7
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Decomp. 丿止廴
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Mandarin yán
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Pinyin yan2
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NKHYV
弓乂竹卜女
Sijiao 1240.1
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CNS 11643 1-4D37
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Unicode U+5EF6
GB2312 D1D3
BIG5 A9B5
 yán to prolong / to extend / to delay
Results beginning with 延
 yán xù to continue / to go on / to last
 yán cháng to prolong / to extend / to delay
 yán shēn to extend / to spread
 yán chí to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag
 Yán ān Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
 yán qī to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer
 yán wu to delay / to be held up / to miss (an opportunity) / delay / holdup
 yán huǎn to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down
 Yán biān Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]
 yán hòu to postpone / to defer / to delay
 yán zhǎn to extend / to stretch out / ductable / to scale / scalable
 yán nián to prolong life
 yán mián to extend continuously
 yán dàng to postpone / to keep putting sth off
 yán lǎn to recruit talent / to round up / to enlist the services of sb
 yán qǐng to employ / to send for sb promising employment
 yán pìn to hire / to employ / to engage
 yán suǐ medulla oblongata (the lower half of the brainstem)
 yán bì to postpone one's graduation (e.g. by undertaking additional studies) (abbr. for 延後畢業|延后毕业[yan2 hou4 bi4 ye4])
 Yán chuān Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
 yán fā delayed action
 yán gē to delay / to procrastinate
 yán huì to postpone a meeting
 Yán jí 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[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Jilin
 yán jiàn to introduce / to receive sb
 yán jiē to receive sb
 Yán jīn Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan
 Yán píng Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian / Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 Yán qìng Yanqing county in Beijing
寿 Yán shòu Yanshou county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang / to extend life
 yán xìng ductility
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线 yán cháng xiàn extension cord / extended line / powerstrip
 yán zhǎn xìng ductability
 Yán biān zhōu Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]
 Yán ān shì Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, communist headquarters during the war
 Yán cháng xiàn Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
 Yán chuān xiàn Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
 Yán jīn xiàn Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xin1 xiang1], Henan
 Yán jí shì 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[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Jilin
 Yán píng Dǎo Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea
 Yán píng qū Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian
 Yán píng xiāng Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
 Yán qìng xiàn Yanqing county in Beijing
 yán shéng diào drifting longline
寿 Yán shòu xiàn Yanshou county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
 yán wu fèi demurrage (shipping)
 yán xù shū letter of continuity
线 yán yīn xiàn tie (music)
寿 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
  delayed effect
  delayed-action weapon
  extension of mandate
 Yán ān dì qū Yan'an prefecture, Shaanxi
 yān bián dà xué Yanbian University (Jilin province)
 Yán biān Dà xué Yanbian University (Jilin province)
 Yán biān dì qū Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]
 yán chí yīn sù lapse factor
 yán chí zhī yuán delayed support
 yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom) / fig. to yearn for sth
 yán pìn zhāo lǎn to enlist the services of sb
 yán qī fù kuǎn to defer payment / to pay back over long term
 yán shì dà xué Yonsei
 yán shí shè yǐng time-lapse photography
 yán shí yǐn xìn time-delay fuse / delay fuse
 Yán xǐ Gōng lu:è Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series)
 yán xuě píng shěng Jönköping
 yán yòng jué yì continuing resolution
 yán zhǎng duàn liè extensional break-up
  delay-fused mine
  delayed blowback action
  delayed recruitment factor
  delayed primary closure
 yán chí diǎn huǒ dìng shí retarded spark timing
  deferred drawdown option
  Extended Duration Crew Operations programme
  arming delay device
 Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji City 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]
寿  life-sustaining treatment
Approximate Results for 延
 màn yán to extend / to spread
 tuō yán to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
 mián yán continuous (esp. of mountain ranges) / to stretch long and unbroken / a continuous link / sostenuto (sustained, in music)
 wài yán extension (semantics)
 shùn yán to postpone / to procrastinate
 chí yán to delay
 qiān yán long delay
 shēn yán see 延伸[yan2 shen1]
 zhōu yán exhaustive / distributed (logic: applies to every instance)
 tuī yán to procrastinate
 ái yán to delay / to stretch out / to play for time
 Xià yán Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming
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 bù zhōu yán undistributed
寿 Lǐ Yán shòu Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 / and Northern Dynasties 北史
使 shǐ màn yán to spread
 tán yán kǎi Tan
 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
  roll-over / technical roll-over
  deferred compensation
  wastewater spreading
 dì yán dài xiàng deferred credit
 dì yán shōu rù deferred income
 màn yán quán guó to spread throughout the entire country
 shēng mìng yán xù life
寿 shòu mìng yán zhǎng increased longevity
 tiān yǔ shùn yán weather permitting (idiom)
 tuō yán shí jiān to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster
 tuō yán zhàn shù delaying tactics / deliberate procrastination
 xùn sù màn yán rapid spread / to spread rapidly
 yáng mǎ yán dǎo Jan Mayen Island
 zì rán yán shēn prolongation (of the land mass, or land territory)
  outbreak area
  creeping pollution
  inordinate delay
  pyrotechnic delay
 Bā bù yán Qún dǎo Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines
 dìng zhì yán shéng diào set longline
 dì yán fèi yòng zhàng deferred charge account
  detection time
  actual deferral percentage
 shēng chǎn zhě yán shēn zé rèn extended producer responsibility
 Sī wǎ ěr bā hé Yáng mǎ yán Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  Human Development Initiative-Extension
  deferment of eligibility for within-grade increment
  1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons / NPT Review and Extension Conference
  WAICENT Capacity Building and Outreach Branch
  adjustment for staff turnover and delays
  Fisheries Regulations under Extended Jurisdiction and International Law
  Behaviour of spent fuel assemblies during extended storage
  OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje
1968年  Protocol for the Continuation in Force of the International Coffee Agreement 1968, as Extended
Chinese Tones