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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

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

  1. to extend
  2. to prolong
  3. to postpone
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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.

Characters

延
yán
to prolong; to extend
Words with 延