延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
延
yán
to extend; to delay
Character
Example phrases
- 法院决定将听证会延至下月，以便双方补充证据。 Fǎyuàn juédìng jiāng tīngzhènghuì yán zhì xià yuè, yǐbiàn shuāngfāng bǔchōng zhèngjù. The court decided to postpone the hearing until next month so that both sides could supplement their evidence.
- 签证必须在到期之前申请延期，手续其实很简单。 Qiānzhèng bìxū zài dàoqī zhīqián shēnqǐng yánqī, shǒuxù qíshí hěn jiǎndān. You must apply to extend your visa before it expires; the procedure is actually very simple.
- 工期一再延后，业主们非常不满。 Gōngqī yīzài yánhòu, yèzhǔmen fēicháng bùmǎn. The construction deadline was delayed again and again, and the owners were very dissatisfied.
Related words
- 延长 yáncháng to extend
- 延期 yánqī to postpone
- 延续 yánxù to continue
- 延伸 yánshēn to stretch out
- 拖延 tuōyán to delay
- 蔓延 mànyán to spread; to extend
- 顺延 shùnyán to postpone; to extend
- 延缓 yánhuǎn to delay; to slow down
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 沿用 yányòng to continue to use; to carry on using
- 续 xù to continue; to renew
- 推移 tuīyí to shift; to pass; to evolve with time