Usage of the character 延

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州／延边朝鲜族自治州 ( Yánbián Cháoxiánzu Zizhizhòu) in Jilin province 吉林省 ( Jilín Shěng) in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 ( Yánji Shì)

Yánpíng

延平

[延平]

Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市 ( Nánpíngshì) Fujian
Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

yánjiē

延接

[延接]

to receive sb

áiyán

挨延

[捱延]

to delay
to stretch out
to play for time

yánwù

延误

[延誤]

to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)

yánjiàn

延见

[延見]

to introduce
to receive sb

yánbì

延毕

[延畢]

to postpone one's graduation (e.g. by undertaking additional studies) (abbr. for 延後畢業／延后毕业 (yánhòubìyè))

Yánjí

延吉

[延吉]

Yanji, county-level city, capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州／延边朝鲜族自治州 ( Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu), Jilin

yánhòu

延后

[延後]

to postpone
to defer
to delay

yángē

延搁

[延擱]

to delay
to procrastinate

Yán'ān

延安

[延安]

Yan'an, prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, wartime stronghold of the communists from the mid-1930s until 1949

yánchí

延迟

[延遲]

to delay
to postpone
to keep putting sth off
to procrastinate
(computing) to lag

Yáncháng

延长

[延長]

Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi

yánqī

延期

[延期]

to delay
to extend
to postpone
to defer

miányán

绵延

[綿延]

(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken

shùnyán

顺延

[順延]

to postpone
to procrastinate

qiānyán

迁延

[遷延]

long delay

tuōyán

拖延

[拖延]

to delay
to put off
to procrastinate

yánfā

延发

[延發]

delayed action

chíyán

迟延

[遲延]

to delay

yánshēn

延伸

[延伸]

to extend
to spread

yánmián

延绵

[延綿]

to extend continuously

mànyán

蔓延

[蔓延]

to extend
to spread

Xiàyán

夏延

[夏延]

Cheyenne, capital of Wyoming

shēnyán

伸延

[伸延]

see 延伸 (yánshēn)

yánzhǎn

延展

[延展]

to extend; to stretch out

yánxù

延续

[延續]

to continue
to go on
to last

Yánchuān

延川

[延川]

Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi

wàiyán

外延

[外延]

extension (semantics)

Yánjīn

延津

[延津]

Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉／新乡 ( Xīnxiāng), Henan

yánnián

延年

[延年]

to prolong life

yáncháng

延长

[延長]

to prolong
to extend
to delay

yánlǎn

延揽

[延攬]

to recruit talent
to round up
to enlist the services of sb

yánhuǎn

延缓

[延緩]

to defer
to postpone
to put off
to retard
to slow sth down

yánpìn

延聘

[延聘]

to hire
to employ
to engage

yánsuǐ

延髓

[延髓]

(anatomy) medulla oblongata

tuīyán

推延

[推延]

to procrastinate

yánhuì

延会

[延會]

to postpone a meeting

yánwufèi

延误费

[延誤費]

demurrage (shipping)

Yánpíng Dǎo

延坪岛

[延坪島]

Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea

Yánpíngxiāng

延平乡

[延平鄉]

Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣／台东县 ( Táidōng Xiàn), southeast Taiwan

Yánjí Shì

延吉市

[延吉市]

Yanji, county-level city, capital of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州／延边朝鲜族自治州 ( Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu), Jilin

bùzhōuyán

不周延

[不周延]

undistributed

Yánchángxiàn

延长县

[延長縣]

Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安 ( Yán'ān), Shaanxi

Yánbiānzhōu

延边州

[延邊州]

Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州／延边朝鲜族自治州 ( Yánbiān Cháoxiǎnzú Zìzhìzhōu) in Jilin province 吉林省 ( Jílín Shěng) in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 ( Yánjí Shì)

Yánshòuxiàn

延寿县

[延壽縣]