拖延
Old HSK 6
拖延 (tuōyán) · to delay
拖延 (tuōyán) means “to delay; to put off”. It is written with 2 characters: 拖 (to drag) + 延 (to defer). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 拖延 is built
The characters
拖 tuō · to drag
What 拖 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 亻rén — person
- 也yě — also
- 乚 — hook stroke
延 yán · to defer
What 延 is made of
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 㢟chān — to walk slowly
- 廴yǐn — to walk
- 止zhǐ — to stop
Origin hint: A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
不要再拖延时间了。Búyào zài tuōyán shíjiān le.Stop wasting time.
他总是把作业拖延到最后一天。Tā zǒngshì bǎ zuòyè tuōyán dào zuìhòu yī tiān.He always puts his homework off until the last day.
Questions about 拖延
What does 拖延 mean?
拖延 (tuōyán) means “to delay; to put off”.
How do you pronounce 拖延?
拖延 is pronounced tuōyán.
Which HSK level is 拖延?
拖延 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 拖延 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 184: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.