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延緩

延緩

See also: 延缓

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone
trad. (延緩)		延	緩
simp. (延缓)		延	缓

Verb

延緩

to delay; to postpone; to put off

延緩衰老 / 延缓衰老 ― yánhuǎn shuāilǎo ― to delay senility

延緩絕經 / 延缓绝经 ― yánhuǎn juéjīng ― to put off menopause

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yánhuǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ wun⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iân-hoǎn / iân-hoān / iân-oān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yánhuǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanhoan
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ wun⁶
  - Yale: yìhn wuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ wun⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ wuːn²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoǎn
  - Tâi-lô: iân-huǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-hoān
  - Tâi-lô: iân-huān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² huan²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-oān
  - Tâi-lô: iân-uān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ien'oan
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ uan³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ uan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² uan²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² uan²²/