遷延
Chinese
| to move; to shift | to prolong; to extend; to delay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (遷延) | 遷 | 延 | |
| simp. (迁延) | 迁 | 延 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiānyán
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cianyán
- Wade–Giles: chʻien1-yen2
- Yale: chyān-yán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianyan
- Palladius: цяньянь (cjanʹjanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: cin1 jin4
- Yale: chīn yìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsin1 jin4
- Guangdong Romanization: qin1 yin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
遷延
- (obsolete) to wander; to linger about; to hover around
- 爾其纖腰束素，遷延顧步。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. mid-500s, Emperor Yuan of Liang (梁元帝蕭繹), 《采蓮賦》
- Ěrqí xiānyāo shùsù, qiānyán gùbù. [Pinyin]
- Their slender waists ties by white belts, while wandering while appreciating themselves.
尔其纤腰束素，迁延顾步。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer
- 我若作詳細奉答之文，恐須遷延兩三個月之後始能發表。故先略述鄙意，請先生切實指正。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1930/7/29, Hu Shi, 胡適答梁漱溟
- Wǒ ruò zuò xiángxì fèngdá zhī wén, kǒng xū qiānyán liǎng sān ge yuè zhīhòu shǐ néng fābiǎo. Gù xiān lüèshù bǐyì, qǐng xiānshēng qièshí zhǐzhèng. [Pinyin]
- Were I to write you a detailed response, I'm afraid it would take two or three months before I could publish it on the journal (《新月》). Therefore, I briefly stated my humble opinion above and kindly ask for your thorough and conscientious corrections, sir.
我若作详细奉答之文，恐须迁延两三个月之后始能发表。故先略述鄙意，请先生切实指正。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (to delay; to put off):
- 展緩 / 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
- 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
- 延延 (Hokkien)
- 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)
- 推延 (tuīyán)
- 捱延 (Hokkien)
- 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)
- 遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
- 遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
- 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
- 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)
- (to wander): 徘徊 (páihuái)