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chí

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chí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chí | chi2
English translation
tardy, slow, late; to delay

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About chí

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

chí

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of chí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶犀

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and chě represents the sound. Simplified form of chí .

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Words with chí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
迟到 chídào to arrive late遲到
Chí late chí
推迟 tuīchí to postpone推遲
迟早 chízǎo sooner or later遲早
迟迟 chí chí slow遲遲
延迟 yán chí to delay延遲
迟钝 chídùn slow in one's reactions遲鈍
迟疑 chíyí to hesitate遲疑
迟缓 chíhuǎn slow遲緩
姗姗来迟 shān shān lái chí to be late姍姍來遲
迟滞 chí zhì delay遲滯
凌迟 líng chí the lingering death凌遲
尉迟 Yù chí surname Yuchi尉遲
事不宜迟 shì bù yí chí there's no time to lose事不宜遲
迟延 chí yán to delay遲延
迟暮 chí mù past one's prime遲暮
迟浩田 Chí Hào tián Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003遲浩田
尉迟恭 Yù chí Gōng General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty尉遲恭
至迟 zhì chí at the latest至遲
迟误 chí wù to delay遲誤

chí Decomposition & Compounds

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