延長

See also: 延长

Chinese

		to prolong; to extend; to delay	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
trad. (延長)		延	長
simp. (延长)		延	长

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yáncháng

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ coeng⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yèn-chhòng / yàn-chhòng
Min Nan (POJ): iân-tn̂g / iân-tiông / iân-tiâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: yáncháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yancharng
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    延長／延长
    鹽場／盐场
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁴ coeng⁴
  - Yale: yìhn chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ cêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ congˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² cong²
  - IPA: /i̯en¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-chhòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ congˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan² cong²
  - IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-tn̂g
  - Tâi-lô: iân-tn̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iend'ngg
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-tiông
  - Tâi-lô: iân-tiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iendioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /iɛn²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iân-tiâng
  - Tâi-lô: iân-tiâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iendiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn¹³⁻²² tiaŋ¹³/

Verb

延長

to lengthen; to extend; to prolong

Synonyms

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伸長／伸长 (shēncháng)
延伸 (yánshēn)

延展 (yánzhǎn)
拉長／拉长 (lācháng)

Derived terms

延長線／延长线 (yánchángxiàn)
延長號／延长号 (yánchánghào)

延長記號／延长记号
延長賽／延长赛

Adjective

延長

(literary, of time) long

Synonyms

(literary or Hakka, Min Nan) 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng)

Proper noun

延長

(～縣) Yanchang County (county in Shaanxi province, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
延	長
えん Grade: 6	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

延 (えん, en: “extend”) + 長 (ちょう, chō: “long”)

Noun

延長 (hiragana えんちょう, rōmaji enchō)

An extension of length or period; lengthening
- 1949, 永井隆, この子を残して:
  来世 (らいせ)はこの世 (よ)の時 (じ)間 (かん)の延 (えん)長 (ちょう)ではない。
  Raise wa kono yo no jikan no enchō de wa nai.
  The next world is not an extension of our time in this one.
An extension of a rail line, road, etc.

Antonyms

(an act of extending a length or period): 短縮 (たんしゅく) (tanshuku, “shortening”)

Compounds

延 (えん)長 (ちょう)コード (enchō kōdo): extension cord
延 (えん)長 (ちょう)戦 (せん) (enchōsen): extra time, extra innings

Verb

延長する (transitive, hiragana えんちょうする, rōmaji enchō suru)

To extend a length or period; to lengthen
- 1907, 夏目漱石, 野分:
  しかし拘 (こう)泥 (でい)の苦 (く)痛 (つう)は一日 (いちにち)で済 (す)む苦 (く)痛 (つう)を五日 (いつか)、七日 (なのか)に延 (えん)長 (ちょう)する苦 (く)痛 (つう)である。
  Shikashi kōdei no kutsū wa ichinichi de sumu kutsū o itsuka, nanoka ni enchō suru kutsū de aru.
  Being so particular, however, turns agonies ending in one day into ones extending into five or seven.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "延長する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	延長し	えんちょうし	enchō shi
Continuative (連用形)	延長し	えんちょうし	enchō shi
Terminal (終止形)	延長する	えんちょうする	enchō suru
Attributive (連体形)	延長する	えんちょうする	enchō suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	延長すれ	えんちょうすれ	enchō sure
Imperative (命令形)	延長せよ¹ 延長しろ²	えんちょうせよ¹ えんちょうしろ²	enchō seyo¹ enchō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	延長される	えんちょうされる	enchō sareru
Causative	延長させる延長さす	えんちょうさせるえんちょうさす	enchō saseru enchō sasu
Potential	延長できる	えんちょうできる	enchō dekiru
Volitional	延長しよう	えんちょうしよう	enchō shiyō
Negative	延長しない	えんちょうしない	enchō shinai
Negative continuative	延長せず	えんちょうせず	enchō sezu
Formal	延長します	えんちょうします	enchō shimasu
Perfective	延長した	えんちょうした	enchō shita
Conjunctive	延長して	えんちょうして	enchō shite
Hypothetical conditional	延長すれば	えんちょうすれば	enchō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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