延延

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (延延)		延	延
simp. #(延延)		延	延

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yányán

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ jin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yányán
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yányán
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-yen²
    • Yale: yán-yán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyan
    • Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ jin⁴
    • Yale: yìhn yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

Adjective

延延

1. (literary) age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time
2. (literary) many; numerous; multitudinous
3. (literary) profound; far-reaching

Synonyms

• (age-old):

• 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
• 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
• 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
• 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
• 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
• 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
• 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
• 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
• 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
• 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
• 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
• 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

 

• (many):

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

 

• (profound):

• 孔 (kǒng) (literary)
• 幽幽 (yōuyōu)
• 深入 (shēnrù)
• 深刻 (shēnkè)
• 深厚 (shēnhòu)
• 深層／深层 (shēncéng)
• 深篤／深笃 (shēndǔ)
• 深遠／深远 (shēnyuǎn)
• 篤深／笃深 (dǔshēn)

 

Verb

延延

1. (literary) to continue; to go on; to last
2. (literary) to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken

Synonyms

• (to continue):

• 不休 (bùxiū)
• 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
• 不停 (bùtíng)
• 不已 (bùyǐ)
• 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
• 不迭 (bùdié)
• 延續／延续 (yánxù)
• 持續／持续 (chíxù)
• 接 (jiē)
• 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
• 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
• 繼／继 (jì)
• 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
• 繼續／继续 (jìxù)

 

• (to be continuous):

• 綿亙／绵亘 (miángèn)
• 綿延／绵延 (miányán)
• 連綿／连绵 (liánmián)

 

• (to delay):

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 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)
• 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

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

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

 

Etymology 2

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (延延)		延	延
simp. #(延延)		延	延
alternative forms		延遷／延迁 延踐／延践 延淺／延浅 延諓／延𬣡 延錢／延钱 延遷／延迁 延踐／延践 延淺／延浅 延諓／延𬣡 延錢／延钱 延餞／延饯 延揃 延𠌲

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-chhiân

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-chhiân
    • Tâi-lô: iân-tshiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienchieen
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɛn²³/

Verb

延延

1. (Hokkien) to delay (a matter); to waste time

References

• “Entry #3920”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延	延
えん Grade: 6	えん Grade: 6
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 延延 – see the following entry.

【延々えんえん】 [adjective] lasting for a very long time [adverb] on and on

(This term, 延延, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)