Chinese word dictionary

迟交

chí jiāo · to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)

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Word information

Simplified迟交

Traditional遲交

Pinyinchí jiāo

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

迟chí

tardy, slow, late; to delay

交jiāo

to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix

How to learn 迟交

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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公交车gōngjiāochē

public transport vehicle; town bus; CL:輛|辆[liang4]

迟到chídào

to arrive late

迟chí

late; delayed; slow; surname Chi

交jiāo

to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]

交警jiāojǐng

traffic police (abbr. for 交通警察[jiao1 tong1 jing3 cha2])

交流jiāoliú

to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb)