延 yán

1. yán verb to prolong; to delay; to postpone
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 拖延 or 延期 (Guoyu '延' v 6; Unihan '延')
2. yán proper noun Yan
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '延' n)
3. yán verb to guide; to introduce
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 引導 or 引进 (Guoyu '延' v 3)
4. yán verb to continue
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 延续 (Guoyu '延' v 5)
5. yán verb to spread
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 蔓延 (Guoyu '延' v 2)
6. yán verb to invite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 邀请 (Guoyu '延' v 4)
7. yán verb to extend
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 伸长 (Guoyu '延' v 1; Unihan '延')
8. yán adjective long
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 长 (Guoyu '延' adj)
9. yán adjective slow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 迟缓 (Guoyu '延' adj)
10. yán phonetic ya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ya; used in transliteration (BCSD '延', p. 432; MW 'ya')
11. yán verb delay
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Japanese: en (SH '延', p. 257; Unihan '延')

Contained in

• 迦栴延 Kātyāyana
• 由延 yojana ; yojana
• 延寿(延壽) Yan Shou
• 那罗延那天(那羅延那天) Narayana deva
• 宾头卢突罗阇为优陀延王说法经(賓頭盧突羅闍為優陀延王說法經) Bintoulu Tu Luo She Wei Youtuoyan Wang Shuofa Jing
• 延昭 Yanzhao
• 优陀延王会(優陀延王會) Udayanavatsarājaparipṛcchā; Shanshun Pusa Hui
• 佛使比丘迦旃延说法没尽偈百二十章(佛使比丘迦旃延說法沒盡偈百二十章) Fo Shi Biqiu Jiazhanyan Shuofa Mei Jin Ji Bai Ershi Zhang
• 永明延寿(永明延壽) Yongming Yanshou
• 摩诃迦旃延(摩訶迦旃延) Mahākātyāyana
• 延若达多(延若達多) Yajnadatta
• 迦栴延子 Kātyāyana
• 迦罗鸠驮迦旃延(迦羅鳩馱迦旃延) The Kakuda-Katyayana Sect; Kakuda Kātyāyana
• 郁地延那(鬱地延那) Uḍḍiyāna; Uddiyana
• 迦旃延子 Katyāyanīputra
• 风穴延昭(風穴延昭) Fengxue Yanzhao
• 那罗延天(那羅延天) Narayana deva
• 目犍连延(目犍連延) Moggallāna; Maudgalyāyana

Also contained in

摩罗延山 、 不周延 、 延见 、 周延 、 裴延隽 、 延性 、 延和 、 延聘招揽 、 保延 、 延期付款 、 推延 、 延平乡 、 松鹤延年 、 延坪岛 、 延庆县 、 李延寿 、 延会 、 延宕 、 延时摄影 、 延缠 、 可延伸标记式语言 、 延滞 、 绵延 、 迁延 、 延伫 、 延边州 、 赵延寿 、 延请 、 顺延 、 延安 、 延津 、 延龄客 、 延误费

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 8 Supplement to the Biographies of Eminent Monks 續高僧傳 — count: 51
• Scroll 37 Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經 — count: 45 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 44
• Scroll 1 Fanzhi Aboluo Yan Wen Zhong Zun Jing (Assalāyanasutta) 梵志頞波羅延問種尊經 — count: 35
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 34
• Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 27
• Scroll 1 Translating Sanskrit (Fan Fanyu) 翻梵語 — count: 20
• Scroll 5 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu 維摩經略疏 — count: 18
• Scroll 10 Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經 — count: 17 , has English translation , has parallel version
• Scroll 18 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 17

Collocations

• 延多 (延多) 其園名曰迦毘延多 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 6 — count: 61
• 逻延 (邏延) 阿攝惒邏延多那摩納為父母所舉 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 37 — count: 47
• 菠萝延 (波羅延) 中阿含梵志品梵波羅延經第五 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 39 — count: 47
• 遮延 (遮延) 尊者摩訶迦遮延遊婆那國深池水側 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 17
• 毘延 (毘延) 若毘沙門天王欲詣伽毘延頭園遊觀時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 16
• 阇延 (闍延) 昇毘闍延殿 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 30 — count: 12
• 延言 (延言) 五百人共告頞波羅延言 — Fanzhi Aboluo Yan Wen Zhong Zun Jing (Assalāyanasutta) 梵志頞波羅延問種尊經, Scroll 1 — count: 11
• 陀延 (陀延) 名摩陀延 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 10
• 延曰 (延曰) 彼婆羅門問尊者迦遮延曰 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 7
• 比延 (比延) 一樹字迦比延 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7