拖 延

tuōyán

“To delay” in Chinese is 拖延 (tuōyán).

Meaning

to delay
to put off
to procrastinate

Example

请不要再拖延了！

Stop procrastinating!

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

tuōHSK 68 strokesto drag yánHSK 46 strokesto prolong

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