延長

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See also: 延长

Chinese

to prolong; to extend; to delay
 
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (延長) 延 長
simp. (延长) 延 长
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Pronunciation

Verb

延長

  1. to lengthen; to extend; to prolong

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Derived terms

Adjective

延長

  1. (literary, of time) long

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Proper noun

延長

  1. (～縣) Yanchang (a county of Yan'an, Shaanxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延 長
えん
Grade: 6 		ちょう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology 1

 延長 on Japanese Wikipedia

延 (en, “to extend”) +‎ 長 (chō, “long”).

Pronunciation

Noun

延(えん)長(ちょう) • (enchō) ←えんちやう (entyau)?

  1. An extension of length or period; lengthening
  2. An extension of a rail line, road, etc.
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Verb

延(えん)長(ちょう)する • (enchō suru) ←えんちやう (entyau)?transitive suru (stem 延(えん)長(ちょう)し (enchō shi), past 延(えん)長(ちょう)した (enchō shita))

  1. To extend a length or period; to lengthen
Conjugation
Conjugation of "延長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 延長し えんちょうし enchō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 延長し えんちょうし enchō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 延長する えんちょうする enchō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 延長する えんちょうする enchō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 延長すれ えんちょうすれ enchō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 延長せよ¹
延長しろ² 		えんちょうせよ¹
えんちょうしろ² 		enchō seyo¹
enchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 延長される えんちょうされる enchō sareru
Causative 延長させる
延長さす 		えんちょうさせる
えんちょうさす 		enchō saseru
enchō sasu
Potential 延長できる えんちょうできる enchō dekiru
Volitional 延長しよう えんちょうしよう enchō shiyō
Negative 延長しない えんちょうしない enchō shinai
Negative continuative 延長せず えんちょうせず enchō sezu
Formal 延長します えんちょうします enchō shimasu
Perfective 延長した えんちょうした enchō shita
Conjunctive 延長して えんちょうして enchō shite
Hypothetical conditional 延長すれば えんちょうすれば enchō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

 延長 (元号) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Enchō on Wikipedia

Proper noun

延(えん)長(ちょう) • (Enchō) ←えんちやう (Entyau)?

  1. the Enchō era, 923-931
See also

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
延長

Noun

延長 • (yeonjang) (hangeul 연장)

  1. Hanja form? of 연장.
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