# 延 (yán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 延 (yán) means “to extend; to prolong; to postpone”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to extend; to prolong; to postpone
- Pinyin: yán (yan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们决定把截止日期往后延三天。
  Wǒmen juédìng bǎ jiézhǐ rìqī wǎng hòu yán sān tiān.
  We decided to extend the deadline by three days.

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-extend/

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