粵

延jin4遲ci4

simp延迟
jin4 ci4yán chí

English

  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag
  6. to delay; to defer; to postpone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將一個約定好嘅時間推後

Examples

  • 他延遲到下個月去北海道。

    He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 会议已经被延迟到明天了。

    The meeting has been postponed until tomorrow.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 由于天气变差,出发延迟了。

    With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 你不可以把它延遲到明天嗎?

    Can't you put it off until tomorrow?

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 因為天氣的關係,賽跑比賽將會延遲。

    The weather will delay the start of the race.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 經過數次延遲之後,飛機終於離開了。

    After several delays, the plane finally left.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 由於試卷仲未運到考場,所以佢哋決定延遲開考時間。

    They had to delay the exam as the papers were not in the examination hall to begin with.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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