延

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

yán ㄧㄢˊ

    • to prolong
    • to extend
    • to delay
    • surname Yan

Other words read yán

In the same tone

  • 言 yán words
  • 盐 yán salt
  • 沿 yán along
  • 严 yán tight
  • 岩 yán cliff

All 25 words read yán

yan with other tones

  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 广 yǎn "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
  • 烟 yān smoke
  • 演 yǎn perform
  • 掩 yǎn conceal

All 97 words read yan in any tone

Other words read yán

In the same tone

  • 言 yán words
  • 鹽 yán salt
  • 沿 yán along
  • 嚴 yán tight
  • 岩 yán cliff

All 25 words read yán

yan with other tones

  • 眼 yǎn eye
  • 廣 guǎng wide
  • 煙 yān smoke
  • 菸 yān tobacco
  • 演 yǎn perform

All 97 words read yan in any tone

How 延 is written

    部首 radical
    廴
    笔画 strokes
    6, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    丿㢟

    Easy to confuse with 延

    Words with 延

    Starting with 延

    All 46 words starting with 延

    Ending with 延

    All 16 words ending with 延

    Containing 延

    • 苟延残喘 gǒuyáncánchuǎn struggle on whilst at death's door
    • 李延寿 lǐyánshòu Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
    • 拖延战术 tuōyánzhànshù delaying tactics
    • 拖延时间 tuōyánshíjiān procrastinate
    • 巴布延群岛 bābùyánqúndǎo Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines

    All 7 words containing 延

    Words with 延

    Starting with 延

    All 46 words starting with 延

    Ending with 延

    All 16 words ending with 延

    Containing 延

    • 苟延殘喘 gǒuyáncánchuǎn struggle on whilst at death's door
    • 李延壽 lǐyánshòu Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
    • 拖延戰術 tuōyánzhànshù delaying tactics
    • 拖延時間 tuōyánshíjiān procrastinate
    • 巴布延群島 bābùyánqúndǎo Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines

    All 7 words containing 延

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