推迟
tuī chíㄊㄨㄟ ㄔˊ
Sino-Vietnamese: THÔI TRÌ
Traditional: 推遲
HSK 4HSK 3.0 · 4
Meaning(verb)
to postpone; to put off; to defer
Examples
会议推迟到下周一。
huì yì tuī chí dào xià zhōu yī.
The meeting has been postponed to next Monday.
因为下雨,比赛推迟了。
yīn wèi xià yǔ, bǐ sài tuī chí le.
The match was postponed because of rain.
航班推迟了两个小时起飞。
háng bān tuī chí le liǎng gè xiǎo shí qǐ fēi.
The flight was delayed by two hours.
Easily confused
- 推辞 — 推辞 (tuīcí) means to decline politely; 推迟 (tuīchí) means to postpone.
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Stroke order
SUY · 11 strokes
to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
TRÌ · 7 strokes
surname Chi
Related words
- 推 tuī — to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- 推荐 tuī jiàn — to recommend; recommendation
- 推广 tuī guǎng — to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc)
- 推辞 tuī cí — to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
- 推销 tuī xiāo — to market; to sell
- 推测 tuī cè — speculation; to conjecture; to surmise; to speculate
- 推翻 tuī fān — to overthrow
- 推理 tuī lǐ — reasoning; inference; to infer; to deduce