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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
遷延
- (obsolete) to wander; to linger about; to hover around
- (literary) to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer
我若作詳細奉答之文，恐須遷延兩三個月之後始能發表。故先略述鄙意，請先生切實指正。 [MSC, trad.]
我若作详细奉答之文，恐须迁延两三个月之后始能发表。故先略述鄙意，请先生切实指正。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1930/7/29, Hu Shi, 胡適答梁漱溟
- Wǒ ruò zuò xiángxì fèngdá zhī wén, kǒng xū qiānyán liǎng sān ge yuè zhīhòu shǐ néng fābiǎo. Gù xiān lüèshù bǐyì, qǐng xiānshēng qièshí zhǐzhèng.
- Were I to write you a detailed response, I'm afraid it would take two or three months before I could publish it on the journal (《新月》). Therefore, I briefly stated my humble opinion above and kindly ask for your thorough and conscientious corrections, sir.
Synonyms
- (to delay; to put off):
- 展緩 / 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
- 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
- 延延 (Hokkien)
- 延後 / 延后 (yánhòu)
- 延期 (yánqī)
- 延緩 / 延缓 (yánhuǎn)
- 延誤 / 延误 (yánwù)
- 延遲 / 延迟 (yánchí)
- 拖 (tuō)
- 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
- 拖延 (tuōyán)
- 拖拉 (tuōlā)
- 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
- 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
- 挨 (ái)
- 挨延 (Hokkien)
- 挨稽 (Hokkien)
- 挨臺 / 挨台 (ngai2 tai2) (Sichuanese)
- 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
- 推延 (tuīyán)
- 捱延 (Hokkien)
- 捱稽 (Hokkien)
- 推遲 / 推迟 (tuīchí)
- 暫緩 / 暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
- 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
- 緩 / 缓 (huǎn)
- 耗 (regional)
- 耽延 (dānyán)
- 耽擱 / 耽搁
- 耽誤 / 耽误
- 貽誤 / 贻误 (yíwù)
- 遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
- 遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
- 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
- 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)
- (to wander): 徘徊 (páihuái)
Antonyms