Chinese symbol for “extension”
外延
wài yán
extension (semantics)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extension is 外延 (wài yán), defined as: extension (semantics).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “extension”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 分机 (分機) | fēn jī | (telephone) extension; 台 (tái) |
| 扩展名 (擴展名) | kuò zhǎn míng | (file) extension (computing) |
| 扩展 (擴展) | kuò zhǎn | to extend; to expand |
| 伸展 | shēn zhǎn | stretching; extension |
| 副档名 (副檔名) | fù dàng míng | (file) extension (computing) (Tw) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 外延.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional; in addition |
| 此外 | cǐ wài | besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore |
| 外国 (外國) | wài guó | foreign country |
| 国外 (國外) | guó wài | abroad; external (affairs) |
| 海外 | hǎi wài | overseas; abroad |
| 之外 | zhī wài | outside; excluding |
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extension”.
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.