DELAY    耽誤

DECIDE NOT TO DO SOMETHING NOW BUT TO DO MORE LATE.
DETAINHOLD UPMAKE LATESLOW UP/DOWNBOG DOWNHINDERHAMPERIMPEDEOBSTRUCTPOSTPONEPUT OFFDEFERHOLD OVERSHELVESUSPENDSTAYRESCHEDULEPUT OVERPUSH BACKTABLEINFORMAL PUT ON ICEBACK-BURNERPUT ON THE BACK BURNERPUT IN COLD STORAGE
Modern Chinese Criteria
耽誤 推遲 延期 延誤 耽擱 愆期 違誤 遲誤 誤 拖延 延宕 耽擱 因循 遷延 稽延 捱 拖 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • DECIDE　CHOOSE among PRESENT OR FUTURE MOVEMENTS FOR SELF:oneself OR among ANSWERS to QUESTIONS. (anc: 17/0, child: 4)
  • CHOOSE　TAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS. (anc: 16/0, child: 3)
  • TAKE　OBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF. (anc: 15/0, child: 10)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    POSTPONE

    differre is the general word referring to the postponement of something that is to be done to a later date than what might be expected, and the emphasis is on the negative aspect of the deferral.

    proferre refers to procratination with special emphasis on the proposed action to be actually undertaken, though at a later date.

    procrastinare refers to procrastination like proferre, but the deferral is to a near future.

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 102

    • Words (7 items)

    緩  huǎn OC: ɢʷaanʔ MC: ɦʷɑn 9 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 急/EAGER The current general word for eagerness for something is jí 急 (ant. huǎn 緩 "uneager").

      Syntactic words
    • vadVwith delay; in a manner involving delay
    • vibe delayed
    • vtoNbe slow with respect to; show little eagerness with regard to
    靡  mǐ OC: mralʔ MC: miɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdelay??
    佻  tiáo MC: dew OC: ɡ-leewLZ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmaybe = tiáo 迢, prolong (e.g. appointed time), postpone the end of NLZ
    延  yán OC: lan MC: jiɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nabactdelay
    • vtoNSHU: delay
    留  liú OC: b-ru MC: lɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdelay
    紓  shū OC: lʰa MC: ɕi̯ɤ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdelay
    佻  tiáo MC: dew OC: ɡ-leewLZ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNmaybe = tiáo 迢, prolong (e.g. appointed time), postpone the end of NLZ