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Chinese symbol for “latency”

时延
shí yán
Traditional: 時延
(electronics) delay; latency

The closest CC-CEDICT match for latency is 时延 (shí yán), defined as: (electronics) delay; latency.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

时 shí
time, season; period, era, age
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes
延 yán
to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname
radical 54 ⼵ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “latency”

WordPinyinMeaning
等待时间 (等待時間)děng dài shí jiānwaiting time; (computing) latency

Related words

Other words that share a character with 时延.

WordPinyinMeaning
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
当时 (當時)dāng shíthen; at that time
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase
延长 (延長)yán chángto prolong; to extend
延伸yán shēnto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
延续 (延續)yán xùto continue; to go on

See also: Japanese symbol for “latency”.

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.

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