HSK 6 · Time

延期 yánqī “to postpone” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 延期 means

  1. to postpone
  2. to extend (a deadline)
  3. to delay
  4. to extend
  5. to defer

How to say 延期

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale延yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level

延期 in a sentence

  1. 他们的旅行因为下雨延期了。

    Tāmen de lǚxíng yīnwèi xiàyǔ yánqī le.

    Their trip was postponed because of the rain.

    Sentence #475530 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我们把活动延期了。

    Wǒmen bǎ huódòng yánqī le.

    We’ve postponed the event.

    Sentence #362361 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 派对延期了一周。

    Pàiduì yánqī le yì zhōu.

    The party was postponed for a week.

    Sentence #333211 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 延期 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 延 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
延yánto prolong
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 㢟to walk slowly
The character 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

How to write 延期

延 6 strokes · 期 12 strokes

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延期 (yánqī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 延期 (yánqī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 延期

Words with 延

延长yáncháng · to prolong延续yánxù · to continue蔓延mànyán · to spread拖延tuōyán · to delay延伸yánshēn · to extend

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday学期xuéqī · term期间qījiān · period of time日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period过期guòqī · to be overdue期待qīdài · to look forward to

More words: Time & Sequence

为期wéiqī · to last for (a period)向来xiànglái · always先前xiānqián · before昔日xīrì · former days延续yánxù · to continue一度yídù · once以往yǐwǎng · in the past原先yuánxiān · originally

FAQs

延期 (yánqī) means “to postpone” or “to extend (a deadline)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánqī: yán with a 2nd tone, then qī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 延期 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 延期 from the suggestions. Typing yanqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
延期 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.