Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yán
- Yán
English
- delay, postpone, defer
- surname Yan
- to prolong
- to increase the length of a thing or the duration of a certain time period
- to extend
- to delay
粵語
- 令時期或者物件變長,得以伸展
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Words containing 延
- 延長jin4 coeng4
see 延長縣|延长县[Yan2 chang2 Xian4]
- 延續jin4 zuk6
to continue
- 延伸jin4 san1
to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
- 延期jin4 kei4
to delay
- 延遲jin4 ci4
to delay
- 拖延to1 jin4
to delay
- 蔓延maan6 jin4
to spread; to extend
- 延誤jin4 ng6
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
- 延緩jin4 wun4
to defer
- 順延seon6 jin4
to be postponed accordingly (e.g. due to weather or other stated factors)
- 伸延san1 jin4
see 延伸[yan2 shen1]
- 延攬jin4 laam2
to recruit talent
- 綿延min4 jin4
(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
- 延會jin4 wui2
to postpone a meeting
- 延性jin4 sing3
ductility
- 延經jin4 ging1
to postpone one's menstruation by medicine
- 延見jin4 gin3
to introduce
- 延接jin4 zip3
to receive sb
- 延請jin4 cing2
to employ
- 遲延ci4 jin4
to delay
- 遷延cin1 jin4
long delay
- 延聘jin4 ping3
(formal) to recruit; to appoint; to invite to take up a position
- 苟延殘喘gau2 jin4 caan4 cyun2
(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
- 延安jin4 on1
see 延安市[Yan2 an1 Shi4]