# 延延
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yányán
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^4$ jin$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yányán
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yányán
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-yen$^2$
*** Yale: yán-yán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyan
*** Palladius: яньянь (janʹjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^4$ jin$^4$
*** Yale: yìhn yìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^4$ jin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^4$ yin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²¹ jiːn²¹/

#### Adjective

延延
* (literary) age-old; long-standing; long-term; for a long time
* (literary) many; numerous; multitudinous
* (literary) profound; far-reaching

##### Synonyms

* (age-old):
* 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
* 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
* 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
* 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
* 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
* 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
* 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
* 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
* 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
* 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
* 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
* 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
* 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
* 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
* 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)
* (many):
* 一系列 (yīxìliè)
* 不少 (bùshǎo)
* 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
* 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
* 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
* 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
* 好些 (hǎoxiē)
* 好多 (hǎoduō)
* 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
* 幾多／几多 (gei$^2$ do$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
* 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
* 很多 (hěnduō)
* 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
* 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
* 浩繁 (hàofán)
* 百
* 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō)
* 繁多 (fánduō)
* 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
* 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
* 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
* 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)
* (profound):
* 孔 (kǒng) (literary)
* 幽幽 (yōuyōu)
* 深入 (shēnrù)
* 深刻 (shēnkè)
* 深厚 (shēnhòu)
* 深層／深层 (shēncéng)
* 深篤／深笃 (shēndǔ)
* 深遠／深远 (shēnyuǎn)
* 篤深／笃深 (dǔshēn)

#### Verb

延延
* (literary) to continue; to go on; to last
* (literary) to be continuous (especially of mountain ranges); to be stretching long and unbroken

##### Synonyms

* (to continue):
* 不休 (bùxiū)
* 不倒 (bùdǎo) (literary)
* 不停 (bùtíng)
* 不已 (bùyǐ)
* 不斷／不断 (bùduàn)
* 不迭 (bùdié)
* 延續／延续 (yánxù)
* 持續／持续 (chíxù)
* 接 (jiē)
* 接續／接续 (jiēxù)
* 秉承 (bǐngchéng)
* 繼／继 (jì)
* 繼承／继承 (jìchéng)
* 繼續／继续 (jìxù)
* (to be continuous):
* 綿亙／绵亘 (miángèn)
* 綿延／绵延 (miányán)
* 連綿／连绵 (liánmián)
* (to delay):
* 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
* 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
* 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
* 延期 (yánqī)
* 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
* 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
* 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
* 拖 (tuō)
* 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
* 拖延 (tuōyán)
* 拖拉 (tuōlā)
* 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
* 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
* 挨 (ái)
* 挨延 (Hokkien)
* 挨稽 (Hokkien)
* 挨臺／挨台 (ngai$^2$ tai$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
* 捱延 (Hokkien)
* 推延 (tuīyán)
* 捱稽 (Hokkien)
* 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
* 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
* 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
* 緩／缓 (huǎn)
* 耗 (regional)
* 耽延 (dānyán)
* 耽擱／耽搁
* 耽誤／耽误
* 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
* 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
* 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
* 遲滯／迟滞 (chízhì)
* 遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
* 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to delay”):
* 提前 (tíqián)
* 提早 (tízǎo)
* 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iân-chhiân
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-chhiân
*** Tâi-lô: iân-tshiân
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ienchieen
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiɛn¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɛn²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɛn²³/

#### Verb

延延
* (Hokkien) to delay (a matter); to waste time

### References

* “Entry #3920”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 延 | 延 |
| えん Grade: 6 | えん Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 延延 – see the following entry. :
| 【延々えんえん】 | [adjective] lasting for a very long time [adverb] on and on |
(This term, 延延, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :