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延迟 meaning in English

yánchí

to delay; to postpone

Traditional 延遲13 strokes

Meaning of 延迟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yánchí
  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag

延迟 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

经jīng过guò数shù次cì延yán迟chí之zhī后hòu，飞fēi机jī终zhōng于yú离lí开kāi了le。
After several delays, the plane finally left.
由yóu于yú天tiān气qì变biàn差chà，出chū发fā延yán迟chí了le。
Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.
他tā延yán迟chí到dào下xià个gè月yuè去qù北běi海hǎi道dào。
He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.
会huì议yì已yǐ经jīng被bèi延yán迟chí到dào明míng天tiān了le。
The meeting has been postponed until tomorrow.
你nǐ不bù可kě以yǐ把bǎ它tā延yán迟chí到dào明míng天tiān吗ma？
Can't you put it off until tomorrow?

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

延 yán · to prolong · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

迟 chí · late · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

Related words

Words that share a character with 延迟.

迟到chídàoto arrive late
推迟tuīchíto postpone; to put off
延长yánchángto prolong; to extend
延续yánxùto continue; to go on
延期yánqīto delay; to extend
延伸yánshēnto extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
迟早chízǎosooner or later
拖延tuōyánto delay; to put off
蔓延mànyánto spread; to extend
延误yánwùto postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a dead
迟迟chíchílate (with a task etc); slow
迟疑chíyíto hesitate

Questions about 延迟

What does 延迟 mean?

延迟 (yánchí) means "to delay; to postpone".

How do you write 延迟?

延迟 is made of 2 characters: 延 (6 strokes), 迟 (7 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

How is 延迟 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 延迟 is written 延遲.