延 yán
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廴 — to walk, to go
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
延缓
yánhuǎn
to delay; to slow down
Characters in this word
缓 huǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 爰 to lead on to
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 适度运动可以延缓肌肉流失，但前提是饮食和睡眠也要跟上。 Shìdù yùndòng kěyǐ yánhuǎn jīròu liúshī, dàn qiántí shì yǐnshí hé shuìmián yě yào gēn shàng. Moderate exercise can slow muscle loss, but only if diet and sleep keep pace as well.
- 医生建议他规律作息，延缓病情进一步发展。 Yīshēng jiànyì tā guīlǜ zuòxī, yánhuǎn bìngqíng jìnyíbù fāzhǎn. The doctor advised him to keep a regular routine to slow the further progress of his illness.
- 高利率延缓了公司扩建新厂房的计划。 Gāo lìlǜ yánhuǎnle gōngsī kuòjiàn xīn chǎngfáng de jìhuà. High interest rates delayed the company's plan to expand its new plant.
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
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 缓解 huǎnjiě to ease; to relieve
- 迟缓 chíhuǎn slow; delayed; sluggish
- 缓 huǎn to slow down; to ease; slow