遷延

Chinese

		to move; to shift	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (遷延)		遷	延
simp. (迁延)		迁	延

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānyán

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianyán
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-yen²
    • Yale: chyān-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianyan
    • Palladius: цяньянь (cjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ jin⁴
    • Yale: chīn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/

Verb

遷延

1. (obsolete) to wander; to linger about; to hover around

   • 爾其纖腰束素，遷延顧步。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     尔其纤腰束素，迁延顾步。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. mid-500s, Emperor Yuan of Liang (梁元帝蕭繹), 《采蓮賦》

     Ěrqí xiānyāo shùsù, qiānyán gùbù. [Pinyin]

     Their slender waists ties by white belts, while wandering while appreciating themselves.

2. (literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer

   • 我若作詳細奉答之文，恐須遷延兩三個月之後始能發表。故先略述鄙意，請先生切實指正。 [MSC, trad.]
     我若作详细奉答之文，恐须迁延两三个月之后始能发表。故先略述鄙意，请先生切实指正。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1930/7/29, Hu Shi, 胡適答梁漱溟

     Wǒ ruò zuò xiángxì fèngdá zhī wén, kǒng xū qiānyán liǎng sān ge yuè zhīhòu shǐ néng fābiǎo. Gù xiān lüèshù bǐyì, qǐng xiānshēng qièshí zhǐzhèng. [Pinyin]

     Were I to write you a detailed response, I'm afraid it would take two or three months before I could publish it on the journal (《新月》). Therefore, I briefly stated my humble opinion above and kindly ask for your thorough and conscientious corrections, sir.

Synonyms

• (to delay; to put off):
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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)
  • 拖延 (tuōyán)
  • 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)
  • 推延 (tuīyán)
  • 捱延 (Hokkien)
  • 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)
  • 遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
  • 遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
  • 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
  • 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)
• (to wander): 徘徊 (páihuái)

Antonyms

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