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

会议推迟到下周。

Huìyì tuīchí dào xiàzhōu.

The meeting was postponed to next week.

因为下雨，比赛推迟了。

Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, bǐsài tuīchí le.

The game was postponed because of rain.

我们不能再推迟了。

Wǒmen bùnéng zài tuīchí le.

We can't postpone any longer.

Tips

grammar

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

Stroke Order

推 tuī

迟 chí