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')

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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
  • 比延 (比延) 一樹字迦比延 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
  • 尼延 (尼延) 迦尼延豆 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 7