Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 延
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延 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
to spread, extend, to prolong, to delay, defer |
Pronunciation |
yán |
Explanation |
Left: movement 廴, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct) |
Mnemonic
| Movement is correct (= is needed) to spread. |
Radicals
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廴
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long stride | (In most cases this radical 辶 is used for movement.) |
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延
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to spread | |
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正
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correct | (Radical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 延长 |
yán cháng |
to prolong, to extend, to delay | | 延迟 |
yán chí |
to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate | | 苟延残喘 |
gǒu yán cán chuǎn |
to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) | | 挨延 |
ái yán |
to delay; to stretch out; to play for time | | 蔓延 |
màn yán |
to extend; to spread | | 迅速蔓延 |
xùn sù màn yán |
rapid spread; to spread rapidly |
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