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延长

Yán chángㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄤˊ

Sino-Vietnamese: DIÊN TRƯỜNG

Traditional: 延長

HSK 5HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 4

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

Yanchang county in Yan'an 安, Shaanxi

Examples

  • 我想延长签证。

    wǒ xiǎng yán cháng qiān zhèng.

    I'd like to extend my visa.

  • 会议延长了半个小时。

    huì yì yán cháng le bàn gè xiǎo shí.

    The meeting ran half an hour over.

  • 地铁线路要延长到机场。

    dì tiě xiàn lù yào yán cháng dào jī chǎng.

    The subway line is going to be extended to the airport.

Easily confused

  • 延期 — 延期 means to postpone; 延长 means to lengthen or extend.

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Stroke order

DIÊN · 6 strokes

surname Yan

TRƯỞNG · 4 strokes

length; long; forever; always; constantly