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延迟

yán chí

2-character word Traditional 延遲

What 延迟 means

1. to delay
2. to postpone
3. to keep putting sth off
4. to procrastinate
5. computingto lag

The characters in 延迟

• 延yánto prolong; to extend; to delay
• 迟chílate; delayed; slow

Example sentences

• 会议已经被延迟到明天了。
  Huìyì yǐjīng bèi yánchí dào míngtiān le.
  The meeting has been postponed until tomorrow.
• 他延迟到下个月去北海道。
  He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.
• 你不可以把它延迟到明天吗？
  Nǐ bù kěyǐ bǎ tā yánchí dào míngtiān ma?
  Can't you put it off until tomorrow?
• 由于天气变差，出发延迟了。
  With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.
• 经过数次延迟之后，飞机终于离开了。
  After several delays, the plane finally left.
• 因为天气的关系，赛跑比赛将会延迟。
  The weather will delay the start of the race.

Sounds the same

Read yán chí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 盐池Yanchi county in Ningxia; a saltpan