遲 (ci4 | chi2 ) : late; slow

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遲

ci4

chi2

[1] late; delayed; belated
[2] slow; dilatory; sluggish

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Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

遲 / 迟

This word has been viewed 14004 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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遲啲 ci4 di1 = later 粵

遲幾日 ci4 gei2 jat6 = a few days later 粵

遲啲見 ci4 di1 gin3 = 'see you later' 粵

遲到 ci4 dou3 chi2 dao4 = to arrive late

遲早 ci4 zou2 chi2 zao3 = sooner or later

推遲 teoi1 ci4 tui1 chi2 = to postpone

遲緩 ci4 wun6 chi2 huan3 = slow; sluggish

遲疑 ci4 ji4 chi2 yi2 = to hesitate

延遲 jin4 ci4 yan2 chi2 = delay, latency

遲遲 ci4 ci4 chi2 chi2 = slow; (be) late (with a task, etc.)

遲來的 ci4 loi4 dik1 chi2 lai2 di4 = belated 國

遲到的 ci4 dou3 dik1 chi2 dao4 de5 = [adj] afterwards, later 國

遲鈍 ci4 deon6 = slow; not sharp (in thought or action)

遲嚟先走 ci4 lai4 sin1 zau2 = late to come, first to leave; last in first out (e.g., with staff layoffs) 粵

褪遲 tan3 ci4 = to delay; to postpone 粵

遲到早退 ci4 dou3 zou2 teoi3 = to arrive late but to leave early

遲來先上岸 ci4 lai4 sin1 soeng6 ngon6 = one who started late reaches the target faster (lit., "late to come, first to get up on the beach")

遲下 ci4 haa5 = after some time 粵

事不宜遲 si6 bat1 ji4 ci4 shi4 bu4 yi2 chi2 = cannot afford to waste time

姍姍來遲 saan1 saan1 loi4 ci4 shan1 shan1 lai2 chi2 = to be late; to be too slow

凌遲 ling4 ci4 ling2 chi2 = Death by a Thousand Cuts (death by dismemberment)

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對不起，由於下雨，所以我遲到了。國
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.

頭先總部𠹭我，所以遲咗粵
Headquarters called me just now which is why I'm late.
[Lit. Just now headquarters call me, therefore late-already]

快啲行啦，唔係就遲到㗎喇。粵
Please be quicker, otherwise it will be late.

你再遲一點來的話我就要升天了! 國
Get here a second later and I'd be dead!

而家唔好買住，遲啲啲嘢就會喊冷㗎喇。粵
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

佢經常遲到﹐ 搞到老闆好唔高興。粵
He is always late, which makes his boss very upset.
[Cantonese grammar does not need a relative pronoun (which) to introduce a subordinate clause.]

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