tuī chí
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由于天气原因，飞机推迟起飞。
Yōuyú tiānqì yuányīn, fēijī tuīchí qǐfēi.
Due to weather conditions, the plane's departure is delayed.
考试时间推迟到下个月。
Kǎoshì shíjiān tuīchí dào xià gè yuè.
The exam time has been postponed to next month.
会议推迟到明天举行。
Huìyì tuīchí dào míngtiān jǔxíng.
The meeting has been postponed to tomorrow.
提前 (tíqián)
advance
加速 (jiāsù)
accelerate
The Chinese word 推迟 (tuīchí) means "to postpone" or "to delay". It is composed of two characters: 推 (tuī), which means "to push" or "to move", and 迟 (chí), which means "late" or "slow". The original meaning of 推迟 was "to push something back in time", and it has since been extended to mean "to postpone" or "to delay".The character 推 is composed of two parts: the radical 手 (shǒu), which means "hand", and the phonetic component 推 (tuī), which is pronounced the same as the character 推. The character 迟 is composed of two parts: the radical 日 (rì), which means "sun", and the phonetic component 迟 (chí), which is pronounced the same as the character 迟.The word 推迟 is commonly used in everyday speech and writing. For example, you could say 推迟一下会议 (tuīchí yīxià huìyì) to mean "to postpone the meeting" or 推迟交作业 (tuīchí jiāo zuòyè) to mean "to delay handing in your homework".
