拖延

Pinyin: tuōyán

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

Example sentence

拖延是时间小偷。

Tuōyán shì shíjiān xiǎotōu.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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What 拖延 means

拖延 (tuōyán) is a Chinese word meaning “to delay; to put off; to procrastinate”. It appears in the HSK 6 collection.

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HSK 6

Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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