遲滯

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	sluggish
trad. (遲滯)		遲	滯
simp. (迟滞)		迟	滞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chízhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ zai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chízhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhjhìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-chih⁴
    • Yale: chŕ-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrjyh
    • Palladius: чичжи (čičži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ zai⁶
    • Yale: chìh jaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ dzai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ zei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sɐi̯²²/

Adjective

遲滯

1. sluggish; slow; stagnant
2. (of eyes) dull; glassy

Verb

遲滯

1. to slow; to delay; to hold up

Synonyms

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• 展緩／展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後／延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩／延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤／延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲／延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺／挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲／推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩／暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩／缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱／耽搁
• 耽誤／耽误
• 貽誤／贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延／迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲誤／迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
• 順延／顺延 (shùnyán)

 

Antonyms

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• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前／进前 (Hokkien)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遲滯):

• → Japanese: 遅(ち)滞(たい) (chitai)
• → Korean: 지체(遲滯) (jiche)
• → Vietnamese: trì trệ (遲滯)