顺 shùn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
顺延
shùnyán
to postpone; to extend
Characters in this word
延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 由于主讲人临时生病，原定周三举行的讲座将顺延一周。 Yóuyú zhǔjiǎngrén línshí shēngbìng, yuándìng zhōusān jǔxíng de jiǎngzuò jiāng shùnyán yì zhōu. Because the main speaker suddenly fell ill, the lecture originally scheduled for Wednesday will be postponed by one week.
- 会议时间顺延到下周五。 Huìyì shíjiān shùnyán dào xiàzhōu wǔ. The meeting time has been postponed to next Friday.
- 因天气原因，运动会开幕式顺延两天。 Yīn tiānqì yuányīn, yùndònghuì kāimùshì shùnyán liǎng tiān. The opening ceremony of the sports meet has been postponed by two days.
Related words
- 顺利 shùnlì smooth; successful
- 一路顺风 yílùshùnfēng have a smooth trip
- 顺序 shùnxù order
- 一帆风顺 yìfānfēngshùn plain sailing, smooth going
- 顺差 shùnchā trade surplus; favourable balance
- 顺畅 shùnchàng smooth; unobstructed
- 顺从 shùncóng to submit; to be obedient
- 顺理成章 shùnlǐchéngzhāng logical; natural and expected
- 顺路 shùnlù on the way; convenient route
- 顺其自然 shùnqízìrán let nature take its course
- 顺势 shùnshì to follow the trend; take advantage of the situation
- 顺手 shùnshǒu conveniently; handy; smoothly