Chinese symbol for “prolong”
延长
yán cháng
Traditional: 延長
to prolong; to extend; to delay
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prolong is 延长 (yán cháng), defined as: to prolong; to extend; to delay.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prolong”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 延长.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prolong”.
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.