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推迟

tuī chí · tui chi

Traditional 推遲

HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. to postpone
  2. to put off
  3. to defer
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Meeting versus movie

  1. Liangliang

    下午(xiàwǔ)的(de)会(huì)推迟(tuīchí)了(le)。

    The afternoon meeting is postponed.

  2. Dengdeng

    推迟(tuīchí)到(dào)什么(shénme)时候(shíhou)？

    Until when?

  3. Liangliang

    推迟(tuīchí)到(dào)晚上(wǎnshang)七点(qīdiǎn)。

    Until seven in the evening.

  4. Dengdeng

    晚上(wǎnshang)？我(wǒ)今晚(jīnwǎn)有(yǒu)电影票(diànyǐngpiào)！

    The evening? I have movie tickets tonight!

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)跟(gēn)老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)，把(bǎ)电影(diànyǐng)也(yě)推迟(tuīchí)。

    Then tell the boss to postpone the movie too.

  6. Dengdeng

    电影(diànyǐng)不能(bùnéng)推迟(tuīchí)，我(wǒ)去(qù)看(kàn)电影(diànyǐng)，你(nǐ)开会(kāihuì)。

    The movie cannot be postponed. I will watch the movie and you go to the meeting.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

聚(jù)会(huì)已(yǐ)经(jīng)推(tuī)迟(chí)到(dào)了(le)下(xià)周(zhōu)二(èr)。

The party has been put off until next Tuesday.

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

02

为(wèi)了(le)按(àn)期(qī)完(wán)成(chéng)开(kāi)发(fā)，我(wǒ)们(men)请(qǐng)求(qiú)暂(zàn)时(shí)推(tuī)迟(chí)其(qí)他(tā)不(bù)相(xiāng)关(guān)的(de)任(rèn)务(wu)。

In order to complete the development on schedule, we request that other unrelated tasks be delayed for the moment.

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

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