Put off in Chinese
to put off · HSK 4
推迟
- 推 to push
- 迟 late
会议推迟到下周一了。 The meeting has been postponed to next Monday.
Other ways to say put off
More words with 推 or 迟
How do you say put off in Chinese?
Put off in Chinese is 推迟 (tuī chí). You can also say 拖延 (tuō yán), 拖 (tuō).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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