延期

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (延期)		延	期
simp. #(延期)		延	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánqī, yánqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ kei⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-khì / yàn-khì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iân-kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁶ ki⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánci
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chʻi¹
    • Yale: yán-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanchi
    • Palladius: яньци (janʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáncí
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chʻi²
    • Yale: yán-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanchyi
    • Palladius: яньци (janʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ kei⁴
    • Yale: yìhn kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ kiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ kiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-kî
    • Tâi-lô: iân-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienkii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ ki²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang⁶ ki⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iăng khî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

Verb

延期

1. to postpone; to defer; to delay; to extend; to put off; to prolong

   延期畢業／延期毕业  ―  yánqī bìyè  ―  to defer graduation

   延期簽證／延期签证  ―  yánqī qiānzhèng  ―  to extend a visa

Synonyms

• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 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

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

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延	期
えん Grade: 6	き Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えんき [èńkí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

延(えん)期(き) • (enki) ^{←えんき (enki)?}

1. postponement

Derived terms

• 延(えん)期(き)手(て)形(がた) (enki tegata)

Verb

延(えん)期(き)する • (enki suru) ^{←えんき (enki)?}transitive suru (stem 延(えん)期(き)し (enki shi), past 延(えん)期(き)した (enki shita))

1. to postpone, to put off

   終(しゅう)了(りょう)を一(いち)日(にち)延(えん)期(き)する

   shūryō o ichi nichi enki suru

   postpone the ending by one day

Conjugation

Conjugation of "延期する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	延期し	えんきし	enki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	延期し	えんきし	enki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	延期する	えんきする	enki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	延期する	えんきする	enki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	延期すれ	えんきすれ	enki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	延期せよ¹ 延期しろ²	えんきせよ¹ えんきしろ²	enki seyo¹ enki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	延期される	えんきされる	enki sareru
Causative	延期させる 延期さす	えんきさせる えんきさす	enki saseru enki sasu
Potential	延期できる	えんきできる	enki dekiru
Volitional	延期しよう	えんきしよう	enki shiyō
Negative	延期しない	えんきしない	enki shinai
Negative continuative	延期せず	えんきせず	enki sezu
Formal	延期します	えんきします	enki shimasu
Perfective	延期した	えんきした	enki shita
Conjunctive	延期して	えんきして	enki shite
Hypothetical conditional	延期すれば	えんきすれば	enki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
延	期

Noun

延期 • (yeon'gi) (hangeul 연기)

1. Hanja form^? of 연기 (“postponement”).