"To procrastinate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to delay / to put off / to procrastinate |   |
| 延迟 | yán chí | to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag | |
| 顺延 | shùn yán | to postpone / to procrastinate | |
| 拖拉 | tuō lā | to drag along / to haul / (fig.) to procrastinate / shilly-shallying / sluggish / (computing) drag and drop / (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams | |
| 因循 | yīn xún | to continue the same old routine / to carry on just as before / to procrastinate | |
| 推延 | tuī yán | to procrastinate | |
| 拖拖拉拉 | tuō tuō lā lā | to procrastinate | |
| 迟误 | chí wù | to delay / to procrastinate | |
| 延搁 | yán gē | to delay / to procrastinate | |
| 拖延时间 | tuō yán shí jiān | to procrastinate / to stall for time / to filibuster | |
| 挨延 | ái yán | to delay / to procrastinate / to play for time | |
| 泡蘑菇 | pào mó gu | to procrastinate / to shilly-shally and waste time | |
| 从缓 | cóng huǎn | not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone | |
