Chinese word dictionary

拖延

tuōyán · to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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Word information

Simplified拖延

Traditional拖延

Pinyintuōyán

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

拖tuō

to drag, to haul, to tow; to delay

延yán

to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname

How to learn 拖延

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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拖鞋tuōxié

slippers; sandals; flip-flops; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

延长yáncháng

Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi; to prolong; to extend; to delay

拖tuō

to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on; variant of 拖[tuo1]

延期yánqī

to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer

延伸yánshēn

to extend; to spread

延续yánxù

to continue; to go on; to last