延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
延期
yánqī
to postpone
Characters in this word
期 qī
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 会议延期了。 Huìyì yánqī le. The meeting has been put off.
- 考试延期。 Kǎoshì yánqī. The exam is delayed.
- 我们延期出发。 Wǒmen yánqī chūfā. We put off leaving.