延緩

See also: 延缓

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (延緩)		延	緩
simp. (延缓)		延	缓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánhuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ wun⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-hoǎn / iân-hoān / iân-oān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánhuǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-huan³
    • Yale: yán-hwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhoan
    • Palladius: яньхуань (janʹxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ wun⁶
    • Yale: yìhn wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ wun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ wuːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoǎn
    • Tâi-lô: iân-huǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoān
    • Tâi-lô: iân-huān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-oān
    • Tâi-lô: iân-uān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ien'oan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ uan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ uan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² uan²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² uan²²/

Verb

延緩

1. to delay; to postpone; to put off

   延緩衰老／延缓衰老  ―  yánhuǎn shuāilǎo  ―  to delay senility

   延緩絕經／延缓绝经  ―  yánhuǎn juéjīng  ―  to put off menopause

Synonyms

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• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 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

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• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)