延迟 / 延遲
yán chí
Meaning
- to delay
- to postpone
- to keep putting something off
- to procrastinate
- to lag
Example sentences
你不可以把它延迟到明天吗？
你不可以把它延遲到明天嗎？
nǐ bù kě yǐ bǎ tā yán chí dào míng tiān ma？
Can't you postpone it until tomorrow?
会议已经被延迟到明天了。
會議已經被延遲到明天了。
huì yì yǐ jīng bèi yán chí dào míng tiān le。
The meeting has been postponed until tomorrow.
因为一些小事故，两、三班机被延迟了。
因爲一些小事故，兩、三班機被延遲了。
yīn wèi yī xiē xiǎo shì gù， liǎng、 sān bān jī bèi yán chí le。
Two or three flights were delayed due to some minor incidents.