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Yán

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Yán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yán | Yan2
English translation
surname Yan
to prolong
to extend
to delay
to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

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About Yán

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Yán

Contains the radical

yǐn

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

Learning hint

A foot on the road  chān stopped in its tracks 丿 piě

Etymology of Yán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

丿㢟

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Example sentences using Yán

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森林 sēnlín 曼延数百 shù bǎi .

The forests stretch for hundreds of miles.

Yán 费用 fèi yòng 应当 yīng dāng zài 有效 yǒu xiào 经济 jīngjì 寿命 shòumìng nèi tān xiāo , 我国 wǒ guó 规定 guīdìng de 摊销 tān xiāo 超过 chāoguò 10 Nián .

Give delay charge to ought to be in its are effective the amortize inside economic life, the amortize that our country sets

yuàn Chuān 断层 duàn céng shǔ Jīn 城关 chéng guān 断层 duàn céng Dōng Yán 部分 bùfen .

Court River fault is the fault Chengguan extension of the East.

zhè huī pén 地区 dìqū 延伸 yánshēn 100 xiàn .

The " dust bowl " covered one hundred countries.

原先 yuánxiān 答应 dāying Sān tiān ,结果 jiēguǒ 延长 Yáncháng dào liù 星期 xīngqī zhī jiǔ .

The promisedays strung out to 6 weeks.

Words with Yán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
延长 Yáncháng to prolong延長
延续 yánxù to continue延續
拖延 tuōyán to delay拖延 tuōyán
延伸 yánshēn to extend延伸 yánshēn
Yán to prolong Yán
蔓延 mànyán to extend蔓延 mànyán
延期 yánqī to delay延期 yánqī
延迟 yán chí to delay延遲
延误 yán wu to delay延誤
延缓 yán huǎn to defer延緩
延安 Yán ān Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war延安 Yán ān
延边 Yán biān Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu in Jilin province 吉林省 Jí lín Shěng in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市 Yán jí shì 延邊
绵延 mián yán a continuous link綿延
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)苟延殘喘
外延 wài yán extension (semantics)外延 wài yán
顺延 shùn yán to postpone順延
延年益寿 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer延年益壽
延展 yán zhǎn to extend延展 yán zhǎn
延庆 Yán qìng Yanqing county in Beijing延慶
延吉 Yán jí 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 Yán biān Cháo xiǎn zú Zì zhì zhōu , Jilin延吉 Yán jí
推延 tuī yán to procrastinate推延 tuī yán
迁延 qiān yán long delay遷延

Yán Decomposition & Compounds

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Yán Decomposition

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Yán Compounds

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