拖
延

拖延 (tuō yán) – to delay

tuō yán

to delay

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-90 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to delay
  2. 2to put off
  3. 3to procrastinate

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Related words

拖

tuō

variant of 拖

延

yán

surname Yan

延长

yán cháng

Yanchang county in Yan'an 安, Shaanxi

延期

yán qī

to delay

延续

yán xù

to continue

延伸

yán shēn

to extend

拖鞋

tuō xié

slippers

蔓延

màn yán

to extend

拖累

tuō lěi

to encumber

拖欠

tuō qiàn

in arrears

延缓

yán huǎn

to defer

延误

yán wu

to delay

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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