綿延

See also: 绵延

Chinese

		cotton; incessant; soft cotton; incessant; soft; downy	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (綿延)		綿	延
simp. (绵延)		绵	延

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): biân-iân / mî-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miányán
    • Wade–Giles: mien²-yen²
    • Yale: myán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mianyan
    • Palladius: мяньянь (mjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: min⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: mìhn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: min⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹ jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biân-iân
    • Tâi-lô: biân-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bien'ieen
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn¹³⁻²² iɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /biɛn²⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn²³⁻³³ iɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî-iân
    • Tâi-lô: mî-iân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mi'ieen
    • IPA (Taipei): /mĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ iɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mĩ²³⁻³³ iɛn²³/

Verb

綿延

1. to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken

Synonyms

• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 綿亙／绵亘 (miángèn)
• 連綿／连绵 (liánmián)

 

Related terms

• 連續不斷／连续不断 (liánxùbùduàn)