延误 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 延誤 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. yánwù ㄧㄢˊ ㄨˋ 男 女 to postpone (with unfortunate consequences) to take too long (to do sth) to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity) Character by character 延(yán)prolong 误(wù)mistake Other words read yánwù yanwu with other tones 烟雾 厌恶 Often confused with yanwu 洋务 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT