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滞后

zhì hòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 滯後

滞后 (zhì hòu) means "to lag behind". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 滞后 means

1. to lag behind

The characters in 滞后

• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 我有一星期没用Anki了，现在我有五百张卡片滞后。
  Wǒ yǒu yī xīngqī méiyòng A nki le, xiànzài wǒ yǒu wǔ bǎi zhāng kǎpiàn zhìhòu.
  I haven't used Anki for a week, and now I'm behind by 500 cards.

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