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拖延

tuōyán

to delay

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Meaning of 拖延 in English

tuōyánHSK 6verbSyllabus #4945
  1. to delay
  2. to put off
  3. to procrastinate

Example sentences

  1. 我不像我以前那么拖延了。
    wǒ bù xiàng wǒ yǐ qián nà me tuō yán le。
    I don't procrastinate as much as I used to.
    Tatoeba #8792021 by slo_oth · #4497483 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我不能再拖延了。
    wǒ bù néng zài tuō yán le。
    I have to stop procrastinating.
    Tatoeba #6483519 by verdastelo9604 · #1650044 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 不要拖延去找工作的事。
    bú yào tuō yán qù zhǎo gōng zuò de shì。
    Stop putting off finding a job.
    Tatoeba #798310 by Martha · #327610 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

拖 on its own →
tuō · to drag

HSK words with 拖

拖鞋HSK 5拖HSK 6拖累HSK 7–9拖欠HSK 7–9
延 on its own →
yán · to prolong

HSK words with 延

延长HSK 5延期HSK 6延伸HSK 6延续HSK 6延HSK 7–9蔓延HSK 7–9顺延HSK 7–9延缓HSK 7–9延误HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences