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拖延

拖延

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	to prolong; to extend; to delay
simp. and trad. (拖延)		拖	延

Verb

拖延

to procrastinate; to delay or put off something

Derived terms

拖延症 (tuōyánzhèng)

See also

耽擱／耽搁 (dāngē)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): tuōyán

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): to¹ jin⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thô-yèn / thô-yàn
Min Nan (POJ): thoa-iân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: tuōyán
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛㄧㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuoyan
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    拖延
    脫鹽／脱盐
    託言／托言
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: to¹ jin⁴
  - Yale: tō yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: to¹ jin⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yèn
  - Hakka Romanization System: to´ ienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
  - IPA: /tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thô-yàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: to´ (r)ianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: to¹ yan²
  - IPA: /tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thoa-iân
  - Tâi-lô: thua-iân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: toaieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰua³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/