拖延

拖延

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	to prolong; to extend; to delay
simp. and trad. (拖延)		拖	延

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuōyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ jin⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô-yèn / thô-yàn
• Min Nan (POJ): thoa-iân / tho-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: tuōyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoyan
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: to¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: tō yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: to¹ yin⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
    • IPA: /tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to´ (r)ianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
    • IPA: /tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-iân
    • Tâi-lô: thua-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toa'ieen
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho-iân
    • Tâi-lô: tho-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toi'ieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/

Verb

拖延

1. to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer

   飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。 [MSC, trad.]
   饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià. [Pinyin]

   Hunger and thirst can wait.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 拖延

延後／延后 (yánhòu) 延期 (yánqī) 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn) 延誤／延误 (yánwù) 延遲／延迟 (yánchí) 拖宕 (tuōdàng) 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)

Antonyms

• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)

Derived terms

拖延症 (tuōyánzhèng)