延延

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (延延)		延	延
simp. ^#(延延)		延	延

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yányán

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ jin⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yányán
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yányán
  - Wade–Giles: yen²-yen²
  - Yale: yán-yán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyan
  - Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ jin⁴
  - Yale: yìhn yìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ jin⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ yin⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

Adjective

延延

(literary) age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time
(literary) many; numerous; multitudinous
(literary) profound; far-reaching

Synonyms

(age-old):

久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
悠久 (yōujiǔ)
悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)

(many):

一系列 (yīxìliè)
不少 (bùshǎo)
不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
好些 (hǎoxiē)
好多 (hǎoduō)
孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
很多 (hěnduō)
𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
浩瀚 (hàohàn)
浩繁 (hàofán)
百
眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
繁多 (fánduō)
萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
許多／许多 (xǔduō)
諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
颮颮／飑飑 (literary)

(profound):

孔 (kǒng) (literary)
幽幽 (yōuyōu)
深入 (shēnrù)
深刻 (shēnkè)
深厚 (shēnhòu)
深層／深层 (shēncéng)
深篤／深笃 (shēndǔ)
深遠／深远 (shēnyuǎn)
篤深／笃深 (dǔshēn)

Verb

延延

(literary) to continue; to go on; to last
(literary) to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken

Synonyms

(to continue):

不休 (bùxiū)
不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
不停 (bùtíng)
不已 (bùyǐ)
不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
不迭 (bùdié)
延續／延续 (yánxù)
持續／持续 (chíxù)
接 (jiē)
接續／接续 (jiēxù)
秉承 (bǐngchéng)
繼／继 (jì)
繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
繼續／继续 (jìxù)

(to be continuous):

綿亙／绵亘 (miángèn)
綿延／绵延 (miányán)
連綿／连绵 (liánmián)

(to delay):

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “to delay”):

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

Etymology 2

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	to prolong; to extend; to delay
trad. (延延)		延	延
simp. ^#(延延)		延	延
alternative forms		延遷／延迁延踐／延践延淺／延浅延諓／延𬣡延錢／延钱延遷／延迁延踐／延践延淺／延浅延諓／延𬣡延錢／延钱延餞／延饯延揃延𠌲

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-chhiân

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-chhiân
  - Tâi-lô: iân-tshiân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienchieen
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɛn²³/

Verb

延延

(Hokkien) to delay (a matter); to waste time

References

“Entry #3920”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延	延
えん Grade: 6	えん Grade: 6
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 延延 – see the following entry.

【延々えんえん】

[adjective] lasting for a very long time

[adverb] on and on

(This term, 延延, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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