Chinese word

延长

Pronunciation

Pinyinyán cháng

Meaning

  • verbextend

Example

我们决定把会议延长半小时。wǒ men jué dìng bǎ huì yì yán cháng bàn xiǎo shí

We decided to extend the meeting by half an hour.

Illustration for 延长 (extend)

More examples

商店因为客流量大决定延长营业时间。shāng diàn yīn wèi kè liú liàng dà jué dìng yán cháng yíng yè shí jiān

Because it had many customers, the store decided to extend its business hours.

Core concept

One end is pushed outward so that an object reaches farther or a period runs on beyond its original limit.

Common phrases

  • 延长营业时间yán cháng yíng yè shí jiān

    extend operating hours

  • 延长使用寿命yán cháng shǐ yòng shòu mìng

    extend the service life

Similar words

推迟tuī chí: Delays a planned start or deadline by moving it to a later time.
延期yán qī: Postpones a planned event or deadline until another date or period.
延缓yán huǎn: Holds back the progress of an event or condition.
延续yán xù: Continues a state or action steadily without a break.

Definition in Chinese

使事物在长度或时间上变得更长，增加持续时间或延展范围。shǐ shì wù zài cháng dù huò shí jiān shàng biàn de gèng cháng zēng jiā chí xù shí jiān huò yán zhǎn fàn wéi

Word origin

The compound 延 (yán, "prolong") + 长 (cháng, "long") presents extension as making something longer in space or time.

Usage tips

  • For schedules and deadlines, this word changes the finishing point rather than the starting point, which separates it from expressions that move an event to a later start.

Other meanings

  • last longerverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 延长线yán cháng xiànextension cordnoun

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