Chinese Word: 迟 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

迟 (Trad.: 遲)HSK 3

Pinyin: chí

English Definition: late; delayed; slow

Chinese Definition:
①慢，缓：迟缓。迟笨。迟钝。迟疑。迟重(zhòng)。迟滞。
②晚：迟到。迟暮，迟早。推迟。延迟。
③姓氏。

Antonyms: 快

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 辵

Pictophonetic: 尺 indicates the sound; 辶 (walk) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 辶 [ chuò ] to walk; walking
- 尺 [ chǐ ] ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.

Similar Characters: 迉

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推迟	tuī chí	to postpone; to put off; to defer	HSK 4
迟疑	chí yí	to hesitate	HSK 6
迟迟	chí chí	late (with a task etc); slow
迟早	chí zǎo	sooner or later	HSK 5
迟到	chí dào	to arrive late	HSK 3

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1		wǒ 我 qù 去 dé 得 tài 太 chí 迟 méi yǒu 没有 jiàn dào 见到 nà gè 那个 diàn yǐng 电影 míng xīng 明星。 I went too late to see that film star.
2		duì 对 bù 不 qǐ 起， lái 来 chí 迟 le 了。 I'm sorry I'm late.
3		suǒ yǐ 所以 tā 他 lí kāi 离开 bàn gōng shì 办公室 zhī qián 之前 gào sù 告诉 wǒ 我， wǒ 我 jīn tiān 今天 zǎo shàng 早上 kě yǐ 可以 chí 迟 yí gè 一个 zhōng tóu 钟头 shàng bān 上班。 So before he left office, he told me I could come one hour later this morning.
4		tā 他 jiàn 见 le 了 nà 那 gū niáng 姑娘， bù 不 jìn 禁 xīn lǐ 心里 yǒu 有 qì 气， bǎ 把 tā 他 wǔ fǎ láng 五法郎 ná zǒu 拿走 de 的 zhèng shì 正是 tā 她， xiàng 向 tā 她 tǎo 讨 hái 还 ba 吧， yǐ jīng 已经 tài 太 chí 迟， nà 那 liàng 辆 chū zū 出租 mǎ chē 马车 zǎo yǐ 早已 bù 不 zài 在 yuán chǔ 原处， nà 那 liàng 辆 jiào chē 轿车 gèng shì 更是 zǒu 走 dé 得 hěn 很 yuǎn 远 le 了， bìng qiě 并且 tā 她 yě 也 wèi bì 未必 kěn 肯 hái 还。 The very sight of this girl was odious to him; it was she who had his five francs, it was too late to demand them back, the cab was no longer there,the fiacre was far away.
5		tā 她 zhì 至 chí 迟 míng tiān 明天 huí 回 lái 来。 She will be back no later than tomorrow.

1		wǒ 我 qù 去 dé 得 tài 太 chí 迟 méi yǒu 没有 jiàn dào 见到 nà gè 那个 diàn yǐng 电影 míng xīng 明星。 I went too late to see that film star.
2		duì 对 bù 不 qǐ 起， lái 来 chí 迟 le 了。 I'm sorry I'm late.
3		suǒ yǐ 所以 tā 他 lí kāi 离开 bàn gōng shì 办公室 zhī qián 之前 gào sù 告诉 wǒ 我， wǒ 我 jīn tiān 今天 zǎo shàng 早上 kě yǐ 可以 chí 迟 yí gè 一个 zhōng tóu 钟头 shàng bān 上班。 So before he left office, he told me I could come one hour later this morning.
4		tā 他 jiàn 见 le 了 nà 那 gū niáng 姑娘， bù 不 jìn 禁 xīn lǐ 心里 yǒu 有 qì 气， bǎ 把 tā 他 wǔ fǎ láng 五法郎 ná zǒu 拿走 de 的 zhèng shì 正是 tā 她， xiàng 向 tā 她 tǎo 讨 hái 还 ba 吧， yǐ jīng 已经 tài 太 chí 迟， nà 那 liàng 辆 chū zū 出租 mǎ chē 马车 zǎo yǐ 早已 bù 不 zài 在 yuán chǔ 原处， nà 那 liàng 辆 jiào chē 轿车 gèng shì 更是 zǒu 走 dé 得 hěn 很 yuǎn 远 le 了， bìng qiě 并且 tā 她 yě 也 wèi bì 未必 kěn 肯 hái 还。 The very sight of this girl was odious to him; it was she who had his five francs, it was too late to demand them back, the cab was no longer there,the fiacre was far away.
5		tā 她 zhì 至 chí 迟 míng tiān 明天 huí 回 lái 来。 She will be back no later than tomorrow.