延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
延误
yánwù
to delay; to hold up
Characters in this word
误 wù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吴 one of several warring states
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 极端天气导致航班大面积延误，航空公司被迫启动应急安置方案。 Jíduān tiānqì dǎozhì hángbān dàmiànjī yánwù, hángkōng gōngsī bèipò qǐdòng yìngjí ānzhì fāng'àn. Extreme weather caused widespread flight delays, forcing the airline to activate an emergency accommodation plan.
- 天气不好，飞机延误了三个小时才起飞。 Tiānqì bù hǎo, fēijī yánwùle sān gè xiǎoshí cái qǐfēi. Because of the bad weather, the plane was delayed three hours before taking off.
- 材料一直没送到，工程足足延误了一个星期。 Cáiliào yīzhí méi sòngdào, gōngchéng zúzú yánwùle yí gè xīngqī. The materials never arrived on time, so the project was delayed a whole week.
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 yán to extend; to delay
- 延缓 yánhuǎn to delay; to slow down
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 误会 wùhuì misunderstanding; to misunderstand
- 失误 shīwù mistake