延 meaning in English

yán

to prolong; to extend

HSK 7-9verb6 strokes

Meaning of 延

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yán

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Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

鲍bào伯bó建jiàn议yì将jiāng聚jù会huì延yán后hòu到dào周zhōu三sān。

Bob suggested postponing the party till Wednesday.

由yóu于yú火huǒ车chē延yán误wù，我wǒ迟chí到dào了le。

I was late as a result of the train delay.

你nǐ不bù可kě以yǐ把bǎ它tā延yán迟chí到dào明míng天tiān吗ma？

Can't you put it off until tomorrow?

一yī些xiē航háng班bān由yóu于yú地dì震zhèn被bèi延yán误wù了le。

A couple of flights were delayed on account of the earthquake.

汤tāng姆mǔ的de航háng班bān延yán误wù了le，然rán后hòu被bèi取qǔ消xiāo了le。

Tom's flight was delayed and then cancelled.

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Words that share a character with 延.

延长	yáncháng	to prolong; to extend
延续	yánxù	to continue; to go on
延期	yánqī	to delay; to extend
延伸	yánshēn	to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
拖延	tuōyán	to delay; to put off
蔓延	mànyán	to spread; to extend
延误	yánwù	to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a dead
延缓	yánhuǎn	to defer; to postpone
延迟	yánchí	to delay; to postpone
拖延时间	tuōyánshíjiān	to procrastinate; to stall for time
延后	yánhòu	to postpone; to defer
绵延	miányán	(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken

What does 延 mean?

延 (yán) means "to prolong; to extend" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 延?

延 is made of 1 character: 延 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 延 an HSK word?

Yes. 延 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.