拖延

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tuōyán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô-yèn / thô-yàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-iân / tho-iân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuōyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuoyán
  - Wade–Giles: tʻo¹-yen²
  - Yale: twō-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoyan
  - Palladius: тоянь (tojanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    拖延
    脫鹽 / 脱盐
    託言 / 托言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: tō yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: to¹ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ ien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: to^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General 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

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong
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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展緩 / 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
延延 (Hokkien)
延後 / 延后 (yánhòu)
延期 (yánqī)
延緩 / 延缓 (yánhuǎn)
延誤 / 延误 (yánwù)
延遲 / 延迟 (yánchí)
拖 (tuō)
拖宕 (tuōdàng)
拖拉 (tuōlā)
拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
挨 (ái)
挨延 (Hokkien)
挨稽 (Hokkien)
挨臺 / 挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
捱延 (Hokkien)
推延 (tuīyán)
捱稽 (Hokkien)
推遲 / 推迟 (tuīchí)
暫緩 / 暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
緩 / 缓 (huǎn)
耗 (regional)
耽延 (dānyán)
耽擱 / 耽搁
耽誤 / 耽误
貽誤 / 贻误 (yíwù)
遷延 / 迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)

Antonyms

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提前 (tíqián)
提早 (tízǎo)
進前 / 进前 (Hokkien)

Derived terms

拖延症 (tuōyánzhèng)