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遲

简迟 · 繁遲

Mandarin · pinyin chí#

late
delayed
slow

Mandarin · pinyin Chí#

surname Chi

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迟: chí · late, tardy; slow; delay

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2 · chi2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ci4 · zi3 · zi6

Cantonese word readings for 遲. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

late; tardy
slow; sluggish (of action or thought)
to delay; to linger
to hesitate
a surname

character

(literary) to await
(literary) to long for; to wish
(literary) upon; then; consequently

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