推迟

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".