HSK 4 · Verbs

推迟 tuīchí “to postpone” in Chinese

Traditional 推遲

What 推迟 means

  1. to postpone
  2. to put off
  3. to defer

How to say 推迟

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迟chí2nd tone, rising

推迟 in a sentence

  1. 我们推迟了会议。

    Wǒmen tuīchí le huìyì.

    We postponed the meeting.

    Sentence #5762983 from Tatoeba

  2. 聚会已经推迟到了下周二。

    Jùhuì yǐjīng tuīchí dào le xià zhōu'èr.

    The party has been postponed until next Tuesday.

    Sentence #2058564 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她推迟了去墨西哥的行程。

    Tā tuīchí le qù Mòxīgē de xíngchéng.

    She put off her trip to Mexico.

    Sentence #354507 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 推迟 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

The character 迟 (chí) with each of its parts in a different colour
迟chílate
  • 尺part of the characterSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

How to write 推迟

推 11 strokes · 迟 7 strokes

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推迟 (tuīchí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 推迟 (tuīchí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 推迟

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推翻tuīfān · to overthrow推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

Words with 迟

迟到chídào · arrive late迟早chízǎo · sooner or later迟疑chíyí · to hesitate迟钝chídùn · slow-witted迟缓chíhuǎn · slow

More words: Common Verbs

停tíng · to stop提前tíqián · to bring forward通过tōngguò · to pass through推tuī · to push脱tuō · to shed网球wǎngqiú · tennis污染wūrǎn · to pollute无wú · not to have

FAQs

推迟 (tuīchí) means “to postpone” or “to put off”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it tuīchí: tuī with a 1st tone, then chí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 推迟 is written 推遲. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuichi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推迟 from the suggestions. Typing tuichi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推迟 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.