| 延长 | yán cháng | to prolong; to extend; to delay; Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 延 | yán | to prolong; to extend; to delay; surname Yan |
| 延安 | Yán ān | Yán'ān prefecture level city in Shǎnxī 陕西, communist headquarters during the war |
| 延续 | yán xù | to continue; to go on; to last |
| 延伸 | yán shēn | to extend; to spread |
| 延迟 | yán chí | to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate |
| 蔓延 | màn yán | to extend; to spread |
| 拖延 | tuō yán | to adjourn; to delay; to defer; adjournment; procrastination |
| 延缓 | yán huǎn | to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay; to extend; to postpone; to defer |
| 外延 | wài yán | extension (semantics) |
| 延误 | yán wu | delay; hold-up; wasted time; loss caused by delay |
| 延展性 | yán zhǎn xìng | ductability |
| 迟延 | chí yán | to delay |
| 绵延 | mián yán | continuous (esp. of mountain ranges); to stretch long and unbroken; a continuous link; sostenuto (sustained, in music) |
| 苟延残喘 | gǒu yán cán chuǎn | to struggle on whilst at death’s door (idiom) |
| 不周延 | bù zhōu yán | undistributed |
| 使蔓延 | shǐ màn yán | to spread |
| 周延 | zhōu yán | exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance) |
| 天雨顺延 | tiān yǔ shùn yán | weather permitting (idiom) |
| 巴布延群岛 | Bā bù yán qún dǎo | Babuyan Archipelago in Luzon Strait north of the Philippines |
| 延吉 | Yán jí | Yanji county level city, capital of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin |
| 延吉市 | Yán jí shì | Yanji county level city, capital of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin |
| 延坪岛 | Yán píng dǎo | Yeonpyeong island on Yellow Sea coast of Korea |
| 延寿 | Yán shòu | Yanshou county in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang; to extend life |
| 延寿县 | Yán shòu xiàn | Yanshou county in Harbin 哈尔滨, Heilongjiang |
| 延安地区 | Yán ān dì qū | Yan'an prefecture, Shaanxi |
| 延安市 | Yán ān shì | Yán'ān prefecture level city in Shaanxi 陕西, communist headquarters during the war |
| 延宕 | yán dàng | to postpone; to keep putting sth off |
| 延展 | yán zhǎn | to extend; to stretch out; ductable; to scale; scalable |
| 延川 | Yán chuān | Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 延川县 | Yán chuān xiàn | Yanchuan county in Yan'an 延安, Shaanxi |
| 延平 | Yán píng | Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市 Fujian; Yanping township in Taitung county 台东县, southeast Taiwan |
| 延平区 | Yán píng qū | Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市 Fujian |
| 延平乡 | Yán píng xiāng | Yanping township in Taitung county 台东县, southeast Taiwan |
| 延年益寿 | yán nián yì shòu | to make life longer; to promise longevity; (this product will) extend your life |
| 延性 | yán xìng | ductility |
| 延庆 | Yán qìng | Yanqing county in Beijing |
| 延庆县 | Yán qìng xiàn | Yanqing county in Beijing |
| 延接 | yán jiē | to receive sb |
| 延搁 | yán gē | to delay; to procrastinate |
| 延揽 | yán lǎn | to recruit talent; to round up; to enlist the services of sb |
| 延会 | yán huì | to postpone a meeting |
| 延期付款 | yán qī fù kuǎn | to defer payment; to pay back over long term |
| 延津 | Yán jīn | Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新乡, Henan |
| 延津县 | Yán jīn xiàn | Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新乡, Henan |
| 延发 | yán fā | delayed action |
| 延绵 | yán mián | to extend continuously |
| 延聘 | yán pìn | to hire; to employ; to engage |
| 延聘招揽 | yán pìn zhāo lǎn | to enlist the services of sb |
