迟

chí

late

surname Chi; delayed; slow

walking (辶) + slow steps (尺) = late and delayed

The movement radical suggests someone traveling along a path — but slowly, dragging their steps. 尺 primarily gives the sound chí; the walking radical carries the sense of delayed motion.

辶+尺→迟
尺A rulerPhonetic
辶WalkingSemantic

他今天迟到了,老师很不高兴。

tā jīn tiān chí dào le, lǎo shī hěn bù gāo xìng。

he was late today, and the teacher was quite unhappy.

火车迟迟没有出发,大家都很着急。

huǒ chē chí chí méi yǒu chū fā, dà jiā dōu hěn zháo jí。

the train was long delayed and had not departed, everyone was very anxious.

Words with 迟

尉迟

yù chí

two-character surname Yuchi

凌迟

líng chí

the lingering death

迟了

chí le

late

迟交

chí jiāo

to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

迟延

chí yán

to delay

迟慢

chí màn

slow

迟早

chí zǎo

sooner or later

迟暮

chí mù

past one's prime

迟浩田

chí hào tián

Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003

迟滞

chí zhì

delay

迟滞现象

chí zhì xiàn xiàng

hysteresis

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