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): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ jin⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô-yèn / thô-yàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thoa-iân / tho-iân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuōyán
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ
    • 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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• 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´ ienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: to´ (r)ianˇ
    • 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

1. 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

• 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)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 拖延症 (tuōyánzhèng)