延迟

yán chí · yan chi

Traditional 延遲

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag

In a sentence

2 examples
01

会(huì)议(yì)已(yǐ)经(jīng)被(bèi)延(yán)迟(chí)到(dào)明(míng)天(tiān)了(le)。

The meeting has been postponed until tomorrow.

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

02

测(cè)试(shì)延(yán)迟(chí)了(le)两(liǎng)天(tiān),因(yīn)此(cǐ),我(wǒ)们(men)需(xū)要(yào)重(chóng)新(xīn)安(ān)排(pái)发(fā)布(bù)日(rì)期(qī)。

Testing has been delayed by two days. As a consequence, we need to reschedule the release date.

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

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