Chinese symbol for “defer”
延缓
yán huǎn
Traditional: 延緩
to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for defer is 延缓 (yán huǎn), defined as: to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “defer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缓期 (緩期) | huǎn qī | to defer; to put off (until later) |
| 服从 (服從) | fú cóng | to obey (an order); to comply |
| 推迟 (推遲) | tuī chí | to postpone; to put off |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay; to extend |
| 缓 (緩) | huǎn | slow; unhurried |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 延缓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
| 延续 (延續) | yán xù | to continue; to go on |
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay; to postpone |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay; to extend |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to spread; to extend |
| 缓慢 (緩慢) | huǎn màn | slow; unhurried; sluggish |
| 缓解 (緩解) | huǎn jiě | to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “defer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.