延 yán

1. yán verb to prolong; to delay; to postpone
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 拖延 or 延期 (Guoyu '延' v 6; Unihan '延')
2. yán proper noun Yan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '延' n)
3. yán verb to guide; to introduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 引導 or 引进 (Guoyu '延' v 3)
4. yán verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 延续 (Guoyu '延' v 5)
5. yán verb to spread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 蔓延 (Guoyu '延' v 2)
6. yán verb to invite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 邀请 (Guoyu '延' v 4)
7. yán verb to extend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 伸长 (Guoyu '延' v 1; Unihan '延')
8. yán adjective long
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 长 (Guoyu '延' adj)
9. yán adjective slow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 迟缓 (Guoyu '延' adj)

Contained in

• 迟延(遲延) to delay
• 延坪岛(延坪島) Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea
• 延长线(延長線) extension cord; extended line; powerstrip
• 延龄(延齡) to prolong life
• 延会(延會) to postpone a meeting
• 延长(延長) to prolong; to extend; to delay; to lengthen
• 延年益寿(延年益寿) to make life longer; to promise longevity ; to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life
• 延后(延後) to postpone; to defer; to delay
• 延龄客(延齡客) chrysanthemum
• 迁延(遷延) a long delay
• 延见(延見) to introduce; to receive somebody
• 拖延时间(拖延時間) to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
• 蔓延全国(蔓延全國) to spread throughout the entire country
• 延聘招揽(延聘招攬) to enlist the services of
• 生命延续(生命延續) life extension
• 延期付款 to defer payment; to pay back over long term
• 拖延 to delay
• 延缠(延纏) to be delayed by circumstances
• 蔓延 to extend; to spread
• 延性 ductility
• 延音线(延音線) tie
• 延缓(延緩) to delay
• 延年 to prolong life
• 延迟(延遲) to delay; to postpone
• 延宕 to postpone; to keep putting something off
• 延庆县(延慶縣) Yanqing county in Beijing

Also contained in

延命 、 赵延寿 、 延安地区 、 延川县 、 延享 、 延昌 、 延平 、 耶律延禧 、 夏延 、 寛延 、 延久 、 延寿县 、 延吉市 、 延吉 、 延边朝鲜族自治州 、 风穴延昭 、 鄜延路 、 延津 、 太延 、 延津县 、 延昭 、 延兴 、 延边州 、 延川 、 耿延禧

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• 卷三百〇八 列傳第一百九十六 奸臣 胡惟庸 陳瑛 嚴嵩 周延儒 溫體仁 馬士英 Volume 308 Biographies 196: Treacherous Officials - Hu Weiyong, Chen Ying, Yan Song, Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Ma ShiYing History of Ming 明史 — count: 93
• 卷五十一 雜傳第三十九: 朱守殷 董璋 范延光 婁繼英 安重榮 安從進 楊光遠 Volume 51 Miscellaneous Biographies 31: Zhu Shouyin, Dong Zhang, Fan Yanguang, Lou Jiying, An Zhongrong, An Congjin, Yang Guangyuan New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 92
• 卷九十五　志第四十四: 　食貨三 Volume 95 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 89
• 第五十七回 Chapter 57 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 88
• 卷二百五十四 列傳第十三 侯益 張從恩 扈彥珂 薛懷讓 趙贊 李繼勳 藥元福 趙晁 Volume 254 Biographies 13: Hou Yi, Zhang Cong'en, Hu Yanke, Xue Huairang, Zhao Zan, Li Jixun, Yao Yuanfu, Zhao Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 57
• 卷九十七 晉書23: 列傳12 范延光 張從賓 張延播 楊光遠 廬文進 李金全 Volume 97 Book of Later Jin 23: Biographies 12 - Fan Yanguang, Zhang Congbin, Zhang Yanbo, Yang Guangyuan, Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 56
• 卷四十 蜀書十 劉彭廖李劉魏楊傳 Volume 40: Book of Shu 10 - Biographies of Liu, Peng, Liao, Li, Liu, Wei, and Yang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 54
• 卷三十四　列傳第二十四 顏延之 沈懷文 周朗 Volume 34 Biographies 24: Yan Yanzhi, Shen Huaiwen, Zhou Lang History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 52
• 卷九十八 晉書24: 列傳13 安重榮 安從進 張彥澤 趙德鈞 張礪 蕭翰 劉晞 崔廷勳 Volume 98 Book of Later Jin 24: Biographies 13 - An Zhongrong, An Congjin, Zhang Yanze, Zhao Dejun, Zhang Li, Xiao Han, Liu xi, Cui Tingxun Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 50
• 卷六十八 閩世家第八: 王審知 Volume 68: Hereditary House of Min New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 50

Collocations

• 延陵 (延陵) 去之延陵 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 35
• 延文本 (延文本) 延文本作暮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧小明 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xiao Ming — count: 23
• 延颈 (延頸) 延頸舉踵而望也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 12
• 延寿 (延壽) 人主延壽 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 11
• 居延 (居延) 過居延視地形 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李將軍列傳》 Biography of General Li — count: 10
• 延及 (延及) 延及喪人 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 8
• 延厩 (延厩) 新作延廄 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 延元年 (延元年) 頃王延元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來諸侯王年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles of the Imperial Clan since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 6
• 新延 (新延) 新延既 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 侯延 (侯延) 靖侯延居元年 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu — count: 5