延
yán
to prolong
surname Yan; to extend; to delay
slant (丿) + stretched path (㢟) = to extend or delay
㢟 depicts a path being stretched forward, and the falling stroke 丿 adds the sense of veering or deflecting — together evoking something extended or drawn out over time and space.
会议时间延长了半个小时。
huì yì shí jiān yán cháng le bàn gè xiǎo shí。
The meeting time was extended by half an hour.
因为下雨，活动被延期到下周。
yīn wèi xià yǔ，huó dòng bèi yán qī dào xià zhōu。
Because of the rain, the event was postponed to next week.
Words with 延
延误
yán wù
to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)
延津
yán jīn
see 延津縣|延津县[Yan2 jin1 Xian4]
延缓
yán huǎn
to defer
时延
shí yán
(electronics) delay; latency
绵延
mián yán
(esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous; to stretch long and unbroken
延吉市
yán jí shì
Yanji, a county-level city in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州[Yan2 bian1 Chao2 xian3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Jilin
延年益寿
yán nián yì shòu
to make life longer
遇雨顺延
yù yǔ shùn yán
to postpone (an activity) in the event of wet weather
迟延
chí yán
to delay
迁延
qiān yán
long delay
顺延
shùn yán
to be postponed accordingly (e.g. due to weather or other stated factors)
不周延
bù zhōu yán
undistributed