Chinese symbol for “procrastinate”
拖延时间
tuō yán shí jiān
Traditional: 拖延時間
to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster
The closest CC-CEDICT match for procrastinate is 拖延时间 (tuō yán shí jiān), defined as: to procrastinate; to stall for time; to filibuster.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “procrastinate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拖拖拉拉 | tuō tuō lā lā | to procrastinate |
| 推延 | tuī yán | to procrastinate |
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay; to postpone |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to delay; to put off |
| 拖拉 | tuō lā | to drag along; to haul |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 拖延时间.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to delay; to put off |
| 拖拉机 (拖拉機) | tuō lā jī | tractor; 台 (tái) |
| 拖鞋 | tuō xié | slippers; sandals |
| 拖欠 | tuō qiàn | in arrears; behind in payments |
| 拖累 | tuō lěi | to encumber; to be a burden on |
| 拖车 (拖車) | tuō chē | to tow; towed vehicle |
| 延长 (延長) | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread |
| 时间 (時間) | shí jiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 之间 (之間) | zhī jiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 ( |
See also: Japanese symbol for “procrastinate”.
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.