Chinese symbol for “procrastination”
迟滞
chí zhì
Traditional: 遲滯
delay; procrastination
The closest CC-CEDICT match for procrastination is 迟滞 (chí zhì), defined as: delay; procrastination.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “procrastination”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 迟滞.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延迟 (延遲) | yán chí | to delay; to postpone |
| 推迟 (推遲) | tuī chí | to postpone; to put off |
| 迟到 (遲到) | chí dào | to arrive late |
| 迟早 (遲早) | chí zǎo | sooner or later |
| 迟迟 (遲遲) | chí chí | late (with a task etc); slow |
| 迟钝 (遲鈍) | chí dùn | slow in one's reactions; sluggish (in movement or thought) |
| 停滞 (停滯) | tíng zhì | stagnation; at a standstill |
| 滞留 (滯留) | zhì liú | (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “procrastination”.
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.