chí

late, tardy; slow; delay

DEFINITIONS

遲 chí
  • surname Chi
  • late
  • delayed
  • slow

WORDS

事不宜 shì bù yí chí the matter should not be delayed; there's no time to lose
líng chí the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
出來混早要還的 chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
味覺鈍 wèi jué chí dùn amblygeustia; loss of food taste
姍姍來 shān shān lái chí to be late; to arrive slowly; to be slow in the coming
yù chí surname Yuchi
恭 yù chí gōng General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty
chā chí variant of 差池[cha1 chi2]
yán chí to delay; to postpone; to keep putting sth off; to procrastinate; (computing) to lag
tuī chí to postpone; to put off; to defer
毫不疑 háo bù chí yí without the slightest hesitation
zhì chí at the latest
船到江心,補漏 chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
說時,那時快 shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài (idiom) no sooner said than done; before you know it
了 chí le late
交 chí jiāo to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)
到 chí dào to arrive late
延 chí yán to delay
慢 chí màn slow; late
早 chí zǎo sooner or later
暮 chí mù past one's prime
浩田 chí hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003
滯 chí zhì delay; procrastination
滯現象 chí zhì xiàn xiàng hysteresis
疑 chí yí to hesitate
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