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yán = y + an2
surname Yan
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yán = y + an2
to prolong / to extend / to delay
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How to pronounce 延

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an2 final

In the anthill’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

延 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yǐn = y + (e)n3
"long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 etc
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first month of the lunar year
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straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
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Characters with 延 as component

dàn = d + an4
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
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yán = y + an2
bamboo mat for sitting
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dàn = d + an4
Tanka people
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Words with 延

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to delay / to put off / to procrastinate
Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
to prolong / to extend / to delay

Sentences with 延

延 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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