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拖延

tuō yán

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Transitive stative verb

拖延 (tuō yán) is a Chinese word meaning “to delay”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. to delay
  2. to put off
  3. to procrastinate

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Example

做事別拖延，今天的事今天做。

Don't procrastinate; do today's tasks today.

Related words at this level

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).