Chinese symbol for “postpone”
推迟
tuī chí
Traditional: 推遲
to postpone; to put off; to defer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for postpone is 推迟 (tuī chí), defined as: to postpone; to put off; to defer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “postpone”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延误 (延誤) | yán wù | to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity) |
| 暂缓 (暫緩) | zàn huǎn | to postpone |
| 延后 (延後) | yán hòu | to postpone; to defer |
| 延宕 | yán dàng | to postpone; to keep putting sth off |
| 展 | zhǎn | to spread out; to open up |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 推迟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to push out; to release |
| 推荐 (推薦) | tuī jiàn | to recommend |
| 推进 (推進) | tuī jìn | to impel; to carry forward |
| 推广 (推廣) | tuī guǎng | to extend; to spread |
| 推翻 | tuī fān | to overthrow |
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay; to postpone |
| 迟到 (遲到) | chí dào | to arrive late |
See also: Japanese symbol for “postpone”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.