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
Hypernym
  • DECIDECHOOSE among PRESENT OR FUTURE MOVEMENTS FOR SELF:oneself OR among ANSWERS to QUESTIONS.
    • CHOOSETAKE OR USE THING WHILE BELIEVING that one is ABLE to TAKE OTHER THINGS.
      • TAKEOBTAIN a THING OFTEN by REMOVING it from its PLACE OR OWNER so as to HAVE it ONESELF.
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 ／

  • 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

緩  huǎn OC: ɢʷaanʔ MC: ɦʷɑn 9 AttributionsWD

    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
延  yán OC: lan MC: jiɛn 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • nabactdelay
  • vtoNSHU: delay
留  liú OC: b-ru MC: lɨu 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNdelay
紓  shū OC: lʰa MC: ɕi̯ɤ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNdelay
靡  mǐ OC: mralʔ MC: miɛ 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNdelay??

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