延緩

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See also: 延缓

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (延緩)		延	緩
simp. (延缓)		延	缓

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yánhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ wun⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-hoǎn / iân-hoān / iân-oān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yánhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yánhuǎn
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-huan³
  - Yale: yán-hwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhoan
  - Palladius: яньхуань (janʹxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ wun⁶
  - Yale: yìhn wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ wun⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ wun⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ wuːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoǎn
  - Tâi-lô: iân-huǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: iân-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-oān
  - Tâi-lô: iân-uān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ien'oan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ uan³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ uan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² uan²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² uan²²/

Verb

延緩

to delay; to postpone; to put off
延緩衰老／延缓衰老 ― yánhuǎn shuāilǎo ― to delay senility

延緩絕經／延缓绝经 ― yánhuǎn juéjīng ― to put off menopause

Synonyms

Antonyms

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

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