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迟

chí

HSK 3 Character Traditional 遲

What 迟 means

1. late
2. delayed
3. slow

Other readings

迟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Chísurname Chi

Example sentences

• 来迟了吗？
  Is it too late?
• 你总是迟到。
  You are always late.
• 她很少迟到。
  She is rarely late for appointments.
• 没有人迟到。
  No one was late.
• 我们迟到了。
  We are late.
• 我们没迟到。
  We're not late.

Words starting with 迟

• 迟到chí dàoto arrive late
• 迟疑chí yíto hesitate
• 迟缓chí huǎnslow; sluggish
• 迟早chí zǎosooner or later
• 迟迟chí chílate (with a task etc); slow
• 迟钝chí dùnslow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought)
• 迟暮chí mù(literary) dusk; twilight; (fig.) the twilight of one's life; one's declining years
• 迟了chí lelate
• 迟交chí jiāoto delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
• 迟延chí yánto delay
• 迟慢chí mànslow; late
• 迟误chí wùto delay; to procrastinate
• 迟顿chí dùninactive; obtuse
• 迟发性损伤chí fā xìng sǔn shāngdelayed lesion
• 迟滞chí zhìdelay; procrastination
• 迟滞现象chí zhì xiàn xiànghysteresis
• 迟浩田Chí Hào tiánChi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003

Words containing 迟

• 推迟tuī chíto postpone; to put off; to defer
• 延迟yán chíto delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off
• 尉迟Yù chítwo-character surname Yuchi
• 毫不迟疑háo bù chí yíwithout the slightest hesitation
• 姗姗来迟shān shān lái chíto be late; to arrive slowly; to be slow in the coming
• 至迟zhì chíat the latest
• 事不宜迟shì bù yí chíthe matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
• 虽迟但到suī chí dàn dào(slang) slow to arrive but eventually shows up
• 凌迟líng chíthe lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
• 尉迟恭Yù chí GōngGeneral Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang…
• 味觉迟钝wèi jué chí dùnamblygeustia; loss of food taste
• 出来混迟早要还的chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán deif you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
• 说时迟，那时快shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài(idiom) no sooner said than done; before you know it
• 船到江心，补漏迟chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chíIt's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
• 差迟chā chívariant of 差池

Characters built on 尺

These share the phonetic component 尺 (chǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 咫zhǐ8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty
• 呎chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m); old form of modern 英尺

Characters that look like 迟

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 述shù(bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 巡xúnto patrol; to make one's rounds; classifier for rounds of drinks
• 迥jiǒngdistant

Sounds the same

Read chí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 持to hold; to grasp; to support
• 池pond; reservoir; moat
• 驰to run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 匙spoon
• 弛to unstring a bow; to slacken; to relax
• 坻islet; rock in river
• 篪bamboo flute with 7 or 8 holes
• 踟used in 踟蹰
• 茌used in 茌平
• 蚳ant eggs
• 墀courtyard
• 箎bamboo flute with 8 holes