Taxonomy of meanings for 延:　　

  • 延 yán (OC: lan MC: jiɛn) 以然切 平 廣韻：【稅也逺也進也長也陳也言也亦州漢髙如縣取延川爲延安郡又姓漢有延篤南陽人爲京兆尹殺梁兾使者以然切十三 】
    • CONTINUE
      • vadNconsecutive 延年 "for years on end"
      • viprocesscontinue
      • vt.red:(+V[0])go on and on V-ing
      • vt[0]+V[0]it continues to V
      • vt+V[0]OBI 3: continue to V
      • vtoNcontinue; prolong
      • vtoNcausativecause to continue> prolong
      • causative: disparately>SPREAD
        • causative: cause to be continuous>LINK
          • causative: in time>TRANSMIT
            • feature: "continuing in one dimension>LONG
                • causative: make longer>STRETCH OUT
                  • vtoNstretch ( e.g. in order to reach something, crane (neck etc) 延頸
                  • vtoNfigurativestrain (one's eyes etc)
                • feature: topographic>DISTANT
                    • cause to be distant in time>DELAY
                      • vtoNSHU: delay
                      • nabactdelay
                • feature: three-dimensional>BIG
                  • vtoNcausativebuild so as to enlarge what exists> extend, enlarge
              • specifically: upwards>HIGH
                • continue in state of expectation>WAIT
                  • for the arrival of visitor>WELCOME
                    • vtoNinvite in, welcomeCH
                  • declarative>INVITE
                    • vtoNinvite, conduct
                    • vttoN.+V[0]pivotinvite (someone) (to do something)
                  • against resistance>SEDUCE
                    • resultative>>REACH
                      • vt+prep+Nreach to
                    • =誕
                    • =埏
                    • =綖
                  • 延 yàn (OC: lans MC: jiɛn) 予線切 去 廣韻：【曼延不斷其莚也 】
                  • yánAPPOINT
                    • vtoN1. yǐ N2apoint N1 to the position of N2 延以...之位CH
                  • yánDEVELOPMENT
                    • vtoNelaborate and develop furtherCH
                  • yánENDURING
                    • vtoNcausativecause to be longer-lasting, lengthen CH

                  Additional information about 延

                  說文解字: 【延】，長行也。从㢟、丿聲。 【以然切】

                    Criteria
                  • INVITE

                    1. An ordinary general word for a ritualised invitation is yán 延.

                    2. Yāo 要 refers to a rather formal invitation to a meal, a feast, or a stay, and the word never refers to an invitation to join a political movement or the like.

                    3. Pìn 聘 refers to a strictly formal diplomatic invitation.

                    4. Qǐng 請 comes to refer to a general social invitation by SHIJI times, but the word can also refer more generally to an invitation to join any activity or movement.

                  • STRETCH OUT

                    1. The current general word for stretching things so as to make them reach out longer is shēn 伸 (ant. suō 縮 "pull in").

                    2. Yán 延 (ant. tuì 退 "retract" and perhaps shōu 收 "contract") refers to the stretching out of something in one distinct direction.

                    3. Zhǎn 展 (ant. juǎn 卷 "roll up, fold up") specifically refers to the stretching out of things in several directions at the same time.

                    4. Shū 舒 (ant. juǎn 卷 "roll up, fold up") is rather marginal in this group and refers specifically to reaching or spreading out in several directions without necessarily remaining continuous in the process.

                    5. Shū 攄 (ant. xì 翕 refers to the (often abstract) expansion into a new area.

                  • CONTINUE

                    1. The most current general word for continuing to do something and also for continuing a tradition is jì 繼 (ant. jué 絕 "disrupt a tradition") which concentrates on the original thing that is being continued or made longer.

                    2. Xù 續 (ant. duàn 斷 "interrupt a tradition") focusses on what is being added in the lengthening process, and the dominant meaning of the word is spatial lengthening.

                    3. Zhuǎn 轉 is refers to continuation by alternation of the agent and is translatable as "continuing in turn".

                    4. Chéng 承 refers to the continuation of an abstract tradition.

                    5. Yè 業 refers primarily to the continuation of the trade or tradition of one's own forebears.

                    6. Réng 仍 focusses on the uninterrupted and continuous pursuance of an activity over a continuing period.

                    7. Sì 嗣, which came to mean "succeed as an heir", was used in early texts to refer to the continuation of any tradition or practice.

                    8. Yán 延 is current in the meaning "continue" in OBI.

                    Word relations
                  • Object: (STRETCH OUT)頸/NECK Jǐng 頸 is colloquial and refers to the front part of the neck, but the word can also refer to the neck as a whole.
                  • Contrast: (STRETCH OUT)舒/STRETCH OUT Shū 舒 (ant. juǎn 卷 "roll up, fold up") is rather marginal in this group and refers specifically to reaching or spreading out in several directions without necessarily remaining continuous in the process.