推迟

推遲

tuīchí

verb HSK 4 #5,874

Meanings

1 to postpone
2 to delay
3 to put off

Characters

Push + late = to push something to a later time.

Examples

HSK 1

我们不能再推迟了。

Wǒmen bùnéng zài tuīchí le.

We can't postpone any longer.

HSK 3

会议推迟到下周。

Huìyì tuīchí dào xiàzhōu.

The meeting was postponed to next week.

HSK 3

因为下雨，比赛推迟了。

Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, bǐsài tuīchí le.

The game was postponed because of rain.

Tips

grammar

推迟到... means postponed until... The 到 specifies the new time.

Stroke Order

推 tuī

迟 chí