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延缓 (yán huǎn): Delay / Postpone (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

延缓 consists of 2 characters.

to prolong, extend, or delay

slow, unhurried, to delay

How to Use 延缓 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 延缓 with other words naturally.

Verb + Complementwith一下

yán延

huǎn缓

yí一

xià下

neutralSpoken

delay for a moment

Adverb + Verbwith有效

yǒu有

xiào效

yán延

huǎn缓

Verb + Object

yán延

huǎn缓

jìn进

chéng程

formalWritten

Example Sentences with 延缓

tā他

yán延

huǎn缓

le了

huí回

jiā家

de的

formal

effectively delay

delay the process

yán延

huǎn缓

shuāi衰

lǎo老

formal

delay aging

shí时

jiān间

。

He delayed the time to go home.

yóu由

yú于

tiān天

qì气

è恶

liè劣

，

zhǔ主

bàn办

fāng方

jué决

dìng定

yán延

huǎn缓

hù户

wài外

yīn音

yuè乐

huì会

de的

jǔ举

bàn办

rì日

qī期

。

Due to severe weather, the organizers decided to postpone the outdoor concert.

wǒ我

men们

néng能

fǒu否

yán延

huǎn缓

tí提

jiāo交

zhè这

fèn份

bào报

gào告

，

yǐ以

biàn便

shōu收

jí集

gèng更

duō多

shù数

jù据

？

Can we delay submitting this report in order to collect more data?

Show 5 More Sentences

yī医

shēng生

jiàn建

yì议

yán延

huǎn缓

shǒu手

shù术

，

xiān先

guān观

chá察

jǐ几

tiān天

。

The doctor suggested postponing the surgery and observing for a few days first.

tā他

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

yán延

huǎn缓

fù付

kuǎn款

，

wèi为

le了

yán延

huǎn缓

xiàng项

mù目

dì的

jìn进

dù度

wèi为

le了

yán延

huǎn缓

shuāi衰

lǎo老

，

tā她

jiān坚

wǒ我

dǎ打

suàn算

yán延

huǎn缓

gòu购

mǎi买

xīn新

chē车

ér

而

shì是

àn按

shí时

wán完

chéng成

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

cái财

wù务

yì义

wù务

。

He did not delay the payment; instead, he fulfilled all financial obligations on time.

，

tuán团

duì队

bì必

xū须

chóng重

xīn新

píng评

gū估

zī资

yuán源

fēn分

pèi配

。

To delay the project's progress, the team must reassess resource allocation.

chí

持

měi每

tiān天

duàn锻

liàn炼

hé和

jiàn健

kāng康

yǐn饮

shí食

。

To delay aging, she insists on daily exercise and a healthy diet.

，

xiān先

cún存

gòu够

yì一

bǐ笔

yìng应

jí急

zī资

jīn金

。

I plan to postpone buying a new car and first save up an emergency fund.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 延缓.

Words with 延

延伸yán shēn
延期yán qī
延续yán xù
延误yán wù
延长yán cháng
拖延tuō yán
曼延màn yán
蔓延màn yán

Words with 缓

缓和huǎn hé
缓慢huǎn màn
缓缓huǎn huǎn
缓解huǎn jiě
迟缓chí huǎn
刻不容缓kè bù róng huǎn