延迟
yán chí
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

延伸
yán shēn
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
延安
Yán ān
  1. 1 Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
延缓
yán huǎn
  1. 1 to defer
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to put off
  4. 4 to retard
  5. 5 to slow sth down
延续
yán xù
  1. 1 to continue
  2. 2 to go on
  3. 3 to last
延误
yán wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to be held up
  3. 3 to miss (an opportunity)
  4. 4 delay
  5. 5 holdup
延长
Yán cháng
  1. 1 Yanchang county in Yan'an 延安[Yán ān], Shaanxi
拖延
tuō yán
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to procrastinate
蔓延
màn yán
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
延
Yán
  1. 1 surname Yan
延吉
Yán jí
  1. 1 Yanji county level city, capital of Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州, Jilin
延年益寿
yán nián yì shòu
  1. 1 to make life longer
  2. 2 to promise longevity
  3. 3 (this product will) extend your life
延后
yán hòu
  1. 1 to postpone
  2. 2 to defer
  3. 3 to delay
延庆
Yán qìng
  1. 1 Yanqing county in Beijing
延期
yán qī
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to extend
  3. 3 to postpone
  4. 4 to defer
延津
Yán jīn
  1. 1 Yanjin county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xīn xiāng], Henan
延迟
yán chí
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to keep putting sth off
  4. 4 to procrastinate
  5. 5 (computing) to lag
延边
Yán biān
  1. 1 Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市
绵延
mián yán
  1. 1 continuous (esp. of mountain ranges)
  2. 2 to stretch long and unbroken
  3. 3 a continuous link
  4. 4 sostenuto (sustained, in music)
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
伸延
shēn yán
  1. 1 see 延伸[yán shēn]

Idioms (3)

天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
延颈企踵
yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng
  1. 1 to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我被欧洲罢工延迟行程的心理补偿！
wǒ bèi Ōuzhōu bàgōng yánchí xíngchéng de xīnlǐ bǔcháng ！
As psychological compensation for my flight being delayed by the European strike.
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是啊，为了让我们看到日全食，阿拉斯加航空公司延迟起飞了二十五分钟。
shì a ，wèile ràng wǒmen kàndào rìquánshí ，Ālāsījiā hángkōnggōngsī yánchí qǐfēi le èrshíwǔ fēnzhōng 。
Yes, in order for us to see the total solar eclipse, Alaska Airlines delayed take off by 25 minutes.
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日本东京都知事小池百合子31日在东京召开记者会宣布，在东京上野动物园出生的大熊猫幼崽“香香”送还中国的时间将延迟一年半至2020年12月底。
Rìběn Dōngjīngdū zhīshì XiǎochíBǎihézi rì zài Dōngjīng zhàokāi jìzhěhuì xuānbù ，zài Dōngjīng Shàngyě dòngwùyuán chūshēng de dàxióngmāo yòuzǎi “xiāngxiāng ”sònghuán Zhōngguó de shíjiān jiāng yánchí yī nián bàn zhì nián yuèdǐ 。
Japan’s Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko held a press conference in Tokyo on the 31st to announce that the return of the giant panda cub “香香” born in the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo will be delayed by one and a half years until the end of December 2020.
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