延期

yán qī
HSK 6
to delay, to extend, to postpone
verb

Example Sentences

我们决定将会议延期到下周。
wǒmen juédìng jiāng huìyì yánqī dào xiàzhōu 。
We decided to postpone the meeting until next week.
由于天气原因，比赛被迫延期。
yóuyú tiānqì yuányīn ， bǐsài bèipò yánqī 。
Due to the weather, the game was forced to be delayed.
申请的截止日期延长了两周。
shēnqǐng de jiézhǐ rìqī yáncháng le liǎng zhōu 。
The application deadline has been extended by two weeks.

Individual Characters

延yán
to prolong, to extend, to delay
期qī
period, time, term, expect

Words with similar meanings

延长yáncháng
to extend
This term emphasizes the action of lengthening a time period, similar to '延期' but can often relate to durations rather than delays.
推迟tuīchí
to postpone
This term specifically indicates the act of delaying something to a later time, closely related to '延期' but can imply a scheduled change.

Words Starting With 延

延长yán cháng
to prolong; to extend; to delay
延伸yán shēn
to extend; to spread
延续yán xù
to continue; to go on; to last

Words Ending With 期

星期xīng qī
week
学期xué qī
term; semester
日期rì qī
date
时期shí qī
a period in time or history; period; time (interval); phase
过期guò qī
to be overdue; to exceed the time limit; to expire (as in expiration date)

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