Chinese word

推迟

Pronunciation

Pinyintuī chí

Meaning

  • verbpostpone

Example

会议被公司推迟了。huì yì bèi gōng sī tuī chí le

The meeting was postponed by the company.

Illustration for 推迟 (postpone)

More examples

由于材料还没到，合同签署被推迟了。yóu yú cái liào hái méi dào hé tóng qiān shǔ bèi tuī chí le

Because the materials have not arrived yet, the contract signing was postponed.

Core concept

A scheduled event is shifted from its set place on the calendar to a later point.

Common phrases

  • 推迟会议tuī chí huì yì

    postpone a meeting

  • 推迟航班tuī chí háng bān

    postpone a flight

  • 推迟到明天tuī chí dào míng tiān

    postpone until tomorrow

Similar words

延期yán qī: Set an event or deadline for a later date, often as a formal change.
延迟yán chí: Make an action or event occur later than the time when it should occur.

Definition in Chinese

将原定的事情或时间从原来的安排往后调整，推延到新的时间。jiāng yuán dìng de shì qíng huò shí jiān cóng yuán lái de ān pái wǎng hòu tiáo zhěng tuī yán dào xīn de shí jiān

Word origin

推 (tuī, "push") + 迟 (chí, "late") pictures a planned event being pushed toward lateness, giving the word its meaning of moving it to a later time.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this verb can take either an event or its scheduled time as its object, while a passive form presents the event as the thing affected by the change.

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