延期

yán qī · yan qi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to delay
  2. to extend
  3. to postpone
  4. to defer

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)们(men)的(de)旅(lǚ)行(xíng)因(yīn)为(wèi)火(huǒ)车(chē)延(yán)期(qī)了(le)。

Their journey was delayed because of the train.

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

02

我(wǒ)也(yě)不(bù)知(zhī)道(dào)为(wèi)什(shén)么(me)聚(jù)会(huì)会(huì)延(yán)期(qī)。

I don't know why the meeting was postponed, either.

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

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