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

  (Pinyin): qiānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ jin⁴

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• 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/
• 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/

Verb

遷延

1. (literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer

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)

 

Antonyms

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