# 延期 (yánqī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 延期 (yánqī) means “to postpone; to delay”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to postpone; to delay
- Pinyin: yánqī (yan2 qi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 因为下雨，比赛延期了。
  Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, bǐsài yánqī le.
  Because of the rain, the match was postponed.

## Characters

- [延](https://hanziro.com/word/yan-extend/) (yán): to extend; to prolong
- [期](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-period/) (qī): period; phase

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-qi-postpone/

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