HSK 6 · Time

延续 yánxù “to continue” in Chinese

Traditional 延續

What 延续 means

  1. to continue
  2. to last
  3. to carry on
  4. to go on

How to say 延续

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale续xù4th tone, falling

延续 in a sentence

  1. 这个传统已经延续了几百年。

    Zhè ge chuántǒng yǐjīng yánxù le jǐ bǎi nián.

    This tradition has continued for several hundred years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 会议一直延续到晚上八点。

    Huìyì yìzhí yánxù dào wǎnshang bā diǎn.

    The meeting went on until 8 pm.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 延续 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 续 (xù) with each of its parts in a different colour
续xùto continue
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 卖to sell · màiSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 卖 (mài) hints at the sound. Compare it with xù.

How to write 延续

延 6 strokes · 续 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 延续

Words with 延

延长yáncháng · to prolong延期yánqī · to postpone蔓延mànyán · to spread拖延tuōyán · to delay延伸yánshēn · to extend

Words with 续

继续jìxù · to continue连续liánxù · continuous持续chíxù · to continue手续shǒuxù · procedure陆续lùxù · in turn

More words: Time & Sequence

向来xiànglái · always先前xiānqián · before昔日xīrì · former days延期yánqī · to postpone一度yídù · once以往yǐwǎng · in the past原先yuánxiān · originally元宵节Yuánxiāojié · Lantern Festival

FAQs

延续 (yánxù) means “to continue” or “to last”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánxù: yán with a 2nd tone, then xù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 延续 is written 延續. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanxu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 延续 from the suggestions. Typing yanxu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
延续 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.