延期

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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

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

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

延(えん)期(き) • (enki) ←えんき (enki)?

  1. postponement

Derived terms

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

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
延期

Noun

延期 • (yeon'gi) (hangeul 연기)

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