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延长 (Yán cháng): meaning and stroke order

延长 (Yán cháng) means Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi, to prolong, to extend, to delay.

延长

Simplified
延长
Traditional
延長
Pinyin
Yán cháng

Stroke order of 延长

延

  • Yán surname Yan
  • yán to prolong; to extend
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

长

  • cháng long; (bound form) length
  • zhǎng chief; head
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 長

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 延长

  1. Yán cháng Traditional 延長
    • Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi
  2. yán cháng Traditional 延長
    • to prolong
    • to extend
    • to delay

Radicals of the characters

延
Radical 廴 (Kangxi radical 54) · 8 strokes · built from 廴 and 𠂛
长
Radical 长 (Kangxi radical 168) in its simplified form · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

延长 in our stories

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  • 陶然这才开口。她没有砍价，而是问：“如果我们把合同从一年延长到三年，对你们意味着什么？”

    Táo Rán zhè cái kāikǒu tā méiyǒu kǎnjià érshì wèn rúguǒ wǒmen bǎ hétong cóng yì nián yáncháng dào sān nián duì nǐmen yìwèizhe shénme

    Only then did Tao Ran speak. She didn't haggle; instead she asked, "If we extended the contract from one year to three, what would that mean for you?"

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 延长

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).