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extend

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

yan2chang2 yáncháng

Meaning


Primary

extend

Alternatives

to extend, extended, prolong, to prolong, lengthen

Mnemonic


When you 延長 extend an event, you 延 prolong the time it occurs to be more 長 long.

Usage


活動 延長 了 三 天。

The event was extended three days.

我們 想要 延長 住宿 時間。

We want to extend our stay.

延長 討論 時間

extend the discussion time

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