延延
Chinese
Etymology 1
| to prolong; to extend; to delay | to prolong; to extend; to delay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (延延) | 延 | 延 | |
| simp. #(延延) | 延 | 延 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yányán
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yányán
- Wade–Giles: yen2-yen2
- Yale: yán-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyan
- Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jin4 jin4
- Yale: yìhn yìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: jin4 jin4
- Guangdong Romanization: yin4 yin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective
延延
- (literary) age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time
- (literary) many; numerous; multitudinous
- (literary) profound; far-reaching
Synonyms
- (age-old):
- 久遠 / 久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
- 久長 / 久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
- 延長 / 延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
- 彌遠 / 弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
- 恆久 / 恒久 (héngjiǔ)
- 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
- 悠長 / 悠长 (yōucháng)
- 曠世 / 旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
- 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
- 永恆 / 永恒 (yǒnghéng)
- 漫長 / 漫长 (màncháng)
- 終古 / 终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
- 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
- 長久 / 长久 (chángjiǔ)
- 長遠 / 长远 (chángyuǎn)
- (many):
- 一系列 (yīxìliè)
- 不少 (bùshǎo)
- 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
- 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
- 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
- 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
- 好些 (hǎoxiē)
- 好多 (hǎoduō)
- 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
- 幾多 / 几多 (gei2 do1) (Cantonese)
- 廣 / 广 (literary, or in compounds)
- 廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
- 很多 (hěnduō)
- 𣍐少 / 𫧃少 (Hokkien)
- 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
- 浩繁 (hàofán)
- 百
- 眾多 / 众多 (zhòngduō)
- 繁多 (fánduō)
- 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
- 許多 / 许多 (xǔduō)
- 諸多 / 诸多 (zhūduō)
- 颮颮 / 飑飑 (literary)
- (profound):
Verb
延延
- (literary) to continue; to go on; to last
- (literary) to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken
Synonyms
- (to continue):
- (to be continuous):
- (to delay):
- 展緩 / 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
- 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
- 延後 / 延后 (yánhòu)
- 延期 (yánqī)
- 延緩 / 延缓 (yánhuǎn)
- 延誤 / 延误 (yánwù)
- 延遲 / 延迟 (yánchí)
- 拖 (tuō)
- 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
- 拖延 (tuōyán)
- 拖拉 (tuōlā)
- 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
- 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
- 挨 (ái)
- 挨延 (Hokkien)
- 挨稽 (Hokkien)
- 挨臺 / 挨台 (ngai2 tai2) (Sichuanese)
- 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
- 捱延 (Hokkien)
- 推延 (tuīyán)
- 捱稽 (Hokkien)
- 推遲 / 推迟 (tuīchí)
- 暫緩 / 暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
- 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
- 緩 / 缓 (huǎn)
- 耗 (regional)
- 耽延 (dānyán)
- 耽擱 / 耽搁
- 耽誤 / 耽误
- 貽誤 / 贻误 (yíwù)
- 遷延 / 迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
- 遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
- 遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
- 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
- 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to delay”):
Etymology 2
| to prolong; to extend; to delay | to prolong; to extend; to delay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (延延) | 延 | 延 | |
| simp. #(延延) | 延 | 延 | |
| alternative forms | 延遷／延迁 延踐／延践 延淺／延浅 延諓／延𬣡 延錢／延钱 延遷／延迁 延踐／延践 延淺／延浅 延諓／延𬣡 延錢／延钱 延餞／延饯 延揃 延𠌲 | ||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-chhiân
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-chhiân
- Tâi-lô: iân-tshiân
- Phofsit Daibuun: ienchieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
延延
References
- “延延”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 延 | 延 |
| えん Grade: 6 |
えん Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 延延 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 延延, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |