延緩

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
• Min Nan (POJ): iân-hoǎn / iân-hoān / iân-oān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yánhuǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhoan
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ wun⁶
    • Yale: yìhn wuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ wun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ wun⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ wuːn²²/
• Min Nan
  • (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: mainstream 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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Synonyms of 延緩

延後／延后 (yánhòu) 延期 (yánqī) 延誤／延误 (yánwù) 延遲／延迟 (yánchí) 拖宕 (tuōdàng) 拖延 (tuōyán) 挨延 (Min Nan) 挨稽 (Min Nan)

捱延 (Min Nan) 捱稽 (Min Nan) 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary) 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí) 耽延 (dānyán) 耽擱／耽搁 (dānge) 遲延／迟延 (chíyán) 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)