動詞
將一個約定好嘅時間推後 to delay; to defer; to postpone
由於試卷仲未運到考場,所以佢哋決定延遲開考時間。
由于试卷仲未运到考场,所以佢哋决定延迟开考时间。
jau4 jyu1 si3 gyun2 zung6 mei6 wan6 dou3 haau2 coeng4, so2 ji5 keoi5 dei6 kyut3 ding6 jin4 ci4 hoi1 haau2 si4 gaan3. They had to delay the exam as the papers were not in the examination hall to begin with.
The government's construction project are often over budget and delay, because the construction vendors usually use building difficulties as the excuses to slowdown the progress and extort extra payment, but the government just trust them, pay the extra again and again.