"拖延" meaning in Chinese

See 拖延 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/ [Hakka, Northern, Sixian, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA], /tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/ [Hakka, Southern, Sixian, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /tʰua³³ iɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei], /tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA] Audio: Zh-tuoyán.ogg [Mandarin, Bopomofo], LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav [Cantonese, Jyutping]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 拖延
  1. to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong Derived forms: 拖延症 (tuōyánzhèng)
    Sense id: en-拖延-zh-verb-p3m9~YPh Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 展緩 (zhǎnhuǎn), 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn), 延宕 (yándàng) [literary], 延延 [Hokkien], 延後 (yánhòu), 延后 (yánhòu), 延期 (yánqī), 延緩 (yánhuǎn), 延缓 (yánhuǎn), 延誤 (yánwù), 延误 (yánwù), 延遲 (yánchí), 延迟 (yánchí), (tuō), 拖宕 (tuōdàng), 拖拉 (tuōlā), 拖磨 (tuōmó) [literary], 拖逗 (tuōdòu) [literary], (ái), 挨延 [Hokkien], 挨稽 [Hokkien], 挨臺 (ngai2 tai2) [Sichuanese], 挨台 (ngai2 tai2) [Sichuanese], 推宕 (tuīdàng) [literary], 捱延 [Hokkien], 推延 (tuīyán), 捱稽 [Hokkien], 推遲 (tuīchí), 推迟 (tuīchí), 暫緩 (zànhuǎn), 暂缓 (zànhuǎn), 稽延 (jīyán) [literary], (huǎn), (huǎn), [regional], 耽延 (dānyán), 耽擱, 耽搁, 耽誤, 耽误, 貽誤 (yíwù), 贻误 (yíwù), 遷延 (qiānyán) [literary], 迁延 (qiānyán) [literary], 遲延 (chíyán), 迟延 (chíyán), 遲滯 (chízhì), 迟滞 (chízhì), 遲誤 (chíwù) [formal], 迟误 (chíwù) [formal], 順延 (shùnyán), 顺延 (shùnyán)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tíqián",
      "word": "提前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tízǎo",
      "word": "提早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "進前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "进前"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "拖延",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "tuōyánzhèng",
          "word": "拖延症"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hunger and thirst can wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hunger and thirst can wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong"
      ],
      "id": "en-拖延-zh-verb-p3m9~YPh",
      "links": [
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "put off",
          "put off"
        ],
        [
          "procrastinate",
          "procrastinate"
        ],
        [
          "adjourn",
          "adjourn"
        ],
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ],
        [
          "prolong",
          "prolong"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zhǎnhuǎn",
          "word": "展緩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhǎnhuǎn",
          "word": "展缓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yándàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "延宕"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "延延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánhòu",
          "word": "延後"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánhòu",
          "word": "延后"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánqī",
          "word": "延期"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánhuǎn",
          "word": "延緩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánhuǎn",
          "word": "延缓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánwù",
          "word": "延誤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánwù",
          "word": "延误"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánchí",
          "word": "延遲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yánchí",
          "word": "延迟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuō",
          "word": "拖"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōdàng",
          "word": "拖宕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōlā",
          "word": "拖拉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōmó",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "拖磨"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuōdòu",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "拖逗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ái",
          "word": "挨"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "挨延"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "挨稽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ngai2 tai2",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "挨臺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ngai2 tai2",
          "tags": [
            "Sichuanese"
          ],
          "word": "挨台"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuīdàng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "推宕"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "捱延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuīyán",
          "word": "推延"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "捱稽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuīchí",
          "word": "推遲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tuīchí",
          "word": "推迟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zànhuǎn",
          "word": "暫緩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zànhuǎn",
          "word": "暂缓"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīyán",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "稽延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huǎn",
          "word": "緩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "huǎn",
          "word": "缓"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "耗"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dānyán",
          "word": "耽延"
        },
        {
          "word": "耽擱"
        },
        {
          "word": "耽搁"
        },
        {
          "word": "耽誤"
        },
        {
          "word": "耽误"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yíwù",
          "word": "貽誤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yíwù",
          "word": "贻误"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiānyán",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "遷延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiānyán",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "迁延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chíyán",
          "word": "遲延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chíyán",
          "word": "迟延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chízhì",
          "word": "遲滯"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chízhì",
          "word": "迟滞"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chíwù",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "遲誤"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chíwù",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "迟误"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shùnyán",
          "word": "順延"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shùnyán",
          "word": "顺延"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-tuoyán.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/Zh-tuoyán.ogg/Zh-tuoyán.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thoa-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻo¹-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twō-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tojanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тоянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "拖延",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "脫鹽",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "脱盐",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "託言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "托言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to^ˊ ien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thoa-iân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thua-iân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toa'ieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua³³ iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toi'ieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "拖延"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "tíqián",
      "word": "提前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tízǎo",
      "word": "提早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "進前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "进前"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "tuōyánzhèng",
      "word": "拖延症"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "拖延",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Advanced Mandarin",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 延",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 拖",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hunger and thirst can wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "飢餓和口渴的問題可以拖延一下。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Hunger and thirst can wait.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Jī'è hé kǒukě de wèntí kěyǐ tuōyán yīxià.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "饥饿和口渴的问题可以拖延一下。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "put off",
          "put off"
        ],
        [
          "procrastinate",
          "procrastinate"
        ],
        [
          "adjourn",
          "adjourn"
        ],
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ],
        [
          "prolong",
          "prolong"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Zh-tuoyán.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/Zh-tuoyán.ogg/Zh-tuoyán.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zh-tuoyán.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ec/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav/LL-Q9186_(yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "wav_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL-Q9186 (yue)-Luilui6666-拖延.wav"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thoa-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuōyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄨㄛ ㄧㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoyán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻo¹-yen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "twō-yán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tuoyan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tojanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тоянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "拖延",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "脫鹽",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "脱盐",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "託言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "托言",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tō yìhn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ jin⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yin⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔː⁵⁵ jiːn²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yèn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to^ˊ ien^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo²⁴ i̯en¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thô-yàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to^ˊ (r)ian^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "to¹ yan²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo²⁴ (j)i̯an¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Southern",
        "Sixian",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thoa-iân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thua-iân"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toa'ieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua³³ iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻³³ iɛn²³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰua⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tho-iân"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "toi'ieen"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰo⁴⁴⁻²² iɛn¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhǎnhuǎn",
      "word": "展緩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǎnhuǎn",
      "word": "展缓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yándàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "延宕"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "延延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánhòu",
      "word": "延後"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánhòu",
      "word": "延后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánqī",
      "word": "延期"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánhuǎn",
      "word": "延緩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánhuǎn",
      "word": "延缓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánwù",
      "word": "延誤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánwù",
      "word": "延误"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánchí",
      "word": "延遲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yánchí",
      "word": "延迟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuō",
      "word": "拖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōdàng",
      "word": "拖宕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōlā",
      "word": "拖拉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōmó",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "拖磨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuōdòu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "拖逗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ái",
      "word": "挨"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "挨延"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "挨稽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ngai2 tai2",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "挨臺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ngai2 tai2",
      "tags": [
        "Sichuanese"
      ],
      "word": "挨台"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuīdàng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "推宕"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "捱延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuīyán",
      "word": "推延"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "捱稽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuīchí",
      "word": "推遲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tuīchí",
      "word": "推迟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zànhuǎn",
      "word": "暫緩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zànhuǎn",
      "word": "暂缓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "稽延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huǎn",
      "word": "緩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huǎn",
      "word": "缓"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "耗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dānyán",
      "word": "耽延"
    },
    {
      "word": "耽擱"
    },
    {
      "word": "耽搁"
    },
    {
      "word": "耽誤"
    },
    {
      "word": "耽误"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíwù",
      "word": "貽誤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yíwù",
      "word": "贻误"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiānyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "遷延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiānyán",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "迁延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíyán",
      "word": "遲延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíyán",
      "word": "迟延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chízhì",
      "word": "遲滯"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chízhì",
      "word": "迟滞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíwù",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "遲誤"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chíwù",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "迟误"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shùnyán",
      "word": "順延"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shùnyán",
      "word": "顺延"
    }
  ],
  "word": "拖延"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.