迟 chí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 尺 ruler, tape-measure
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
迟疑
chíyí
hesitant; to hesitate
Characters in this word
疑 yí
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 疋 — roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 面对敏感议题，他回答得十分迟疑，显然不愿承担明确立场带来的风险。 Miànduì mǐngǎn yìtí, tā huídá de shífēn chíyí, xiǎnrán bú yuàn chéngdān míngquè lìchǎng dài lái de fēngxiǎn. Facing a sensitive issue, he answered very hesitantly, clearly unwilling to bear the risks of taking a definite stance.
- 他迟疑了一下，还是把门推开了。 Tā chíyí le yíxià, háishi bǎ mén tuīkāi le. He hesitated for a moment, then pushed the door open anyway.
- 她毫不迟疑地接过了孩子手里的行李。 Tā háo bù chíyí de jiēguò le háizi shǒu lǐ de xíngli. Without hesitation she took the luggage from the child's hands.
Related words
- 迟到 chídào to be late
- 推迟 tuīchí to postpone
- 迟 chí late
- 迟迟 chíchí for a long time; delayed; slow to happen
- 迟钝 chídùn slow-witted; dull; sluggish
- 迟缓 chíhuǎn slow; delayed; sluggish
- 迟早 chízǎo sooner or later
- 怀疑 huáiyí to doubt; to suspect
- 疑问 yíwèn question; doubt
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 疑惑 yíhuò to doubt; doubt
- 质疑 zhìyí to question, to doubt