1. to prolong
2. to extend
3. to delay

1. sound
2. noise
3. note (of musical scale)
4. tone
5. news
6. syllable
7. reading (phonetic value of a character)

1. thread
2. string
3. wire
4. line
5. (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

classifiers: 條, 股, 根