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Jyutping ci4 liu5
Pinyin chí le

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. late
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    由于天气变差,出发延迟了。
    由於天氣變差,出發延遲了。
    yóu yú tiān qì biàn chà , chū fā yán chí le 。
    • With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.
    • Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.
  2. Mandarin
    因为一些小事故,两、三班机被延迟了。
    因為一些小事故,兩、三班機被延遲了。
    yīn wèi yī xiē xiǎo shì gù , liǎng 、 sān bān jī bèi yán chí le 。
    • A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
  3. Mandarin
    她推迟了去墨西哥的行程。
    她推遲了去墨西哥的行程。
    tā tuī chí le qù mò xī gē de xíng chéng 。
    • She put off going to Mexico.
    • She postponed her trip to Mexico.
  4. Mandarin
    太迟了。
    太遲了。
    tài chí le 。
    • Too late.
  5. Mandarin
    我肯定忘了带雨伞,但现在已经太迟了。
    我肯定忘了帶雨傘,但現在已經太遲了。
    wǒ kěn dìng wàng le dài yǔ sǎn , dàn xiàn zài yǐ jīng tài chí le 。
    • I must have forgotten my umbrella, but it's too late now.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    例如进攻某一运动中之敌,打早了,暴露了自己,给了敌人以预防条件;打迟了,敌已集中驻止,变为啃硬骨头。
    例如進攻某一運動中之敵,打早了,暴露了自己,給了敵人以預防條件;打遲了,敵已集中駐止,變為啃硬骨頭。
    lì rú jìn gōng mǒu yī yùn dòng zhōng zhī dí , dǎ zǎo le , bào lù le zì jǐ , gěi le dí rén yǐ yù fáng tiáo jiàn ; dǎ chí le , dí yǐ jí zhōng zhù zhǐ , biàn wéi kěn yìng gǔ tou .
    • For example, in attacking an enemy force on the move, if we strike too early, we expose ourselves and give the enemy a chance to prepare, and if we strike too late, the enemy may have encamped and concentrated his forces, presenting us with a hard nut to crack.