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延迟

yán chí · yan chi

Traditional 延遲

Meaning

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  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag
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The subway is delayed

  1. Liangliang

    地铁(dìtiě)延迟(yánchí)了(le)，我(wǒ)会(huì)晚到(wǎndào)。

    The subway is delayed. I will be late.

  2. Dengdeng

    延迟(yánchí)多久(duōjiǔ)？

    How long is the delay?

  3. Liangliang

    广播(guǎngbō)说(shuō)延迟(yánchí)二十(èrshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    The announcement says a twenty-minute delay.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)把(bǎ)会议(huìyì)也(yě)延迟(yánchí)到(dào)十点(shídiǎn)吧(ba)。

    Then let's postpone the meeting to ten too.

  5. Liangliang

    老板(lǎobǎn)刚(gāng)发(fā)消息(xiāoxi)，他的(tāde)地铁(dìtiě)也(yě)延迟(yánchí)了(le)！

    The boss just messaged: his subway is delayed too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

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.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

测(cè)试(shì)延(yán)迟(chí)了(le)两(liǎng)天(tiān)，因(yīn)此(cǐ)，我(wǒ)们(men)需(xū)要(yào)重(chóng)新(xīn)安(ān)排(pái)发(fā)布(bù)日(rì)期(qī)。

Testing has been delayed by two days. As a consequence, we need to reschedule the release date.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by vicch · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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