| 1 | 延长 | 延長 | yán cháng | Yan2 chang2 | to prolong; to extend; to delay; Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安 , Shaanxi | | |
| 2 | 延安 | 延安 | yán ān | Yan2 an1 | Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war | | |
| 3 | 延伸 | 延伸 | yán shēn | yan2 shen1 | to extend; to spread | | |
| 4 | 延续 | 延續 | yán xù | yan2 xu4 | to continue; to go on; to last | | |
| 5 | 蔓延 | 蔓延 | màn yán | man4 yan2 | to extend; to spread | | |
| 6 | 外延 | 外延 | wài yán | wai4 yan2 | extension (semantics) | | |
| 7 | 延 | 延 | yán | Yan2 | to prolong; to extend; to delay; surname Yan | | |
| 8 | 延长线 | 延長線 | yán cháng xiàn | yan2 chang2 xian4 | Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安 , Shaanxi; extension cord; extended line; powerstrip | | |
| 9 | 延缓 | 延緩 | yán huǎn | yan2 huan3 | to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down | | |
| 10 | 拖延 | 拖延 | tuō yán | tuo1 yan2 | to delay; to put off; to procrastinate | | |
| 11 | 延禧攻略 | 延禧攻略 | yán xǐ gōng lüè | Yan2 xi3 Gong1 lu:e4 | Story of Yanxi Palace (2018 TV series) | | |
| 12 | 延毕 | 延畢 | yán bì | yan2 bi4 | to postpone one's graduation (e.g. by undertaking additional studies) (abbr. for 延后毕业 ) | | |
| 13 | 拖延战术 | 拖延戰術 | tuō yán zhàn shù | tuo1 yan2 zhan4 shu4 | delaying tactics; deliberate procrastination | | |
| 14 | 周延 | 周延 | zhōu yán | zhou1 yan2 | exhaustive; distributed (logic: applies to every instance) | | |
| 15 | 天雨顺延 | 天雨順延 | tiān yǔ shùn yán | tian1 yu3 shun4 yan2 | weather permitting (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 息灾延命 | 息災延命 | xī zāi yán mìng | xi1 zai1 yan2 ming4 | to end disasters and prolong lives (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 迁延 | 遷延 | qiān yán | qian1 yan2 | long delay | | |
| 18 | 松鹤延龄 | 松鶴延齡 | sōng hè yán líng | song1 he4 yan2 ling2 | to live as long as the pines and cranes (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 绵延不尽 | 綿延不盡 | mián yán bù jìn | mian2 yan2 bu4 jin4 | to stretch endlessly (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 绵延 | 綿延 | mián yán | mian2 yan2 | continuous (esp. of mountain ranges); to stretch long and unbroken; a continuous link; sostenuto (sustained, in music) | | |
| 21 | 蔓延全国 | 蔓延全國 | màn yán quán guó | man4 yan2 quan2 guo2 | to spread throughout the entire country | | |
| 22 | 旷延时日 | 曠延時日 | kuàng yán shí rì | kuang4 yan2 shi2 ri4 | procrastination (idiom) | | |
| 23 | 苟延残生 | 苟延殘生 | gǒu yán cán shēng | gou3 yan2 can2 sheng1 | to linger on feebly (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 苟延残喘 | 苟延殘喘 | gǒu yán cán chuǎn | gou3 yan2 can2 chuan3 | to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) | | |
| 25 | 不周延 | 不周延 | bù zhōu yán | bu4 zhou1 yan2 | undistributed | | |