遲

See also: 迟 and 遅

遲	U+9072, 遲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9072

← 遱
[U+9071]

CJK Unified Ideographs

遳 →
[U+9073]

遲	U+FAC3, 遲 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAC3

← 輸
[U+FAC2]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

醙 →
[U+FAC4]

Translingual

Traditional	遲
Shinjitai	遅
Simplified	迟

Han character

遲 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸卜手 (YSYQ), four-corner 3730₄, composition ⿺辶犀)

Descendants

遅

Derived characters

𡂙, 𫮼, 𢹌, 𭬱, 䆈, 𧞽, 𥽩, 𮉙, 𧭟, 𲆎

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1264, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39113
Dae Jaweon: page 1760, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3885, character 5
Unihan data for U+9072

Unihan data for U+FAC3

Chinese

trad.		遲
simp.		迟
alternative forms		遟𨒈迡遅赿遟𨒈迡遅赿邌𢕌 ⿺辶⿱㇇丰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 遲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (犀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
摨	*rniːd
犀	*sliːl
遲	*l'il
墀	*l'il

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'il): semantic 辶 (“motion”) + phonetic 犀 (OC *sliːl) – to move slowly, to be late.

Etymology

"a surname": From 尉遲 / 尉迟 (Yùchí).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): chí (chi²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ci²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ci⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ci³
Gan (Wiktionary): ci²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhṳ̀

(Hailu, HRS): chi

(Meixian, Guangdong): ci²
Jin (Wiktionary): ci¹
Northern Min (KCR): dǐ
Eastern Min (BUC): dì
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): di²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tî

(Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chr²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíh
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²
  - Yale: chŕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyr
  - Palladius: чи (či)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: ci²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: c
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴
  - Yale: chìh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ci³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi²²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ci²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ̀
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: chi
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ci²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: ci¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǐ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: di²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: dí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: di²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî
  - Tâi-lô: tî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ti²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ci⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: chr²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰz̩¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 遲
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴²/
	Qingdao	/tʃʰz̩⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰz̩³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰz̩²¹/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
	Pingyao	/ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zz̩²³/
	Suzhou	/zz̩ʷ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡zz̩³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɖ͡ʐʐ̩¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʃʰï¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰi²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰi²¹/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰi²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ti³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ti⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ti²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/si³¹/ /ʔdi³¹/

Middle Chinese: drij

Rime
Character	遲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直尼切
Baxter	drij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/
Li Rong	/ȡji/
Wang Li	/ȡi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l<r>ə[j]/

(Zhengzhang): /*l'il/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遲
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chí
Middle Chinese	‹ drij ›
Old Chinese	/*l<r>ə[j]/
English	slow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遲
Reading #	1/1
No.	13346
Phonetic component	犀
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	墀
Old Chinese	/*l'il/

Definitions

遲

late; tardy
遲到／迟到 ― chídào ― to arrive late

Antonym: 早
slow; sluggish (of action or thought)
Antonym: 急 (jí)
to delay; to linger
to hesitate
a surname
遲重瑞／迟重瑞 ― Chí Zhòngruì ― Chi Zhongrui

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚 (“late (in time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遲, 晚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	晚
	Taiwan	晚, 遲
	Harbin	晚
	Singapore	晚, 遲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	晚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	晚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	晚
	Xi'an	晚, 遲
	Xuzhou	晚, 遲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	晏, 晚
	Wuhan	晏, 遲
	Guiyang	晏
	Liuzhou	晏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	晚, 遲
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	晚, 遲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	晏
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	遲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	遲
	Macau	遲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	晏, 遲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	遲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏, 遲
	Foshan	晏, 遲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏
	Foshan (Shunde)	遲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	遲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	遲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	遲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	遲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	遲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏, 遲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	遲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	遲
	Taishan	晏, 遲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	晏, 遲
	Enping (Niujiang)	晏, 遲
	Heshan (Yayao)	遲水
	Dongguan	晏, 遲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	晏
	Yangjiang	晏, 遲
	Yangjiang (Yangdong)	晏
	Yangdong (Yashao)	晏, 遲
	Yangchun	晏, 遲
	Yangxi	晏, 遲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	遲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晏, 遲
Gan	Nanchang	晏
Gan	Pingxiang	晏
Hakka	Meixian	遲
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	晏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	遲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	遲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	遲, 晏
	Wengyuan	晝
	Liannan	遲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	晏
	Jiexi	慢
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	慢
	Changting	晏
	Wuping	遲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	夜
	Ninghua	遲
	Yudu	晏
	Ningdu	遲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	晏
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	晏
	Dayu	晏
	Hong Kong	遲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	遲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	遲
	Xinyi (Sihe)	遲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	遲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	遲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	遲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	遲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	遲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	遲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	遲
	Luchuan	遲
	Senai (Huiyang)	遲
Huizhou	Jixi	晏
Jin	Taiyuan	遲, 晚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	晏
	Songxi	晏
	Zhenghe	慢
	Jianyang	晏
	Wuyishan	晏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	遲, 晏
	Fuzhou (Changle)	遲
	Lianjiang	遲, 晏
	Fuqing	遲, 晏
	Pingtan	晏
	Yongtai	遲, 晏
	Minqing	遲
	Gutian	慢
	Pingnan	慢
	Luoyuan	晏
	Fu'an	晏
	Ningde	晏
	Xiapu	晏
	Zherong	晏
	Shouning	晏
	Zhouning	遲
	Fuding	晏
Southern Min	Xiamen	晏, 暗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	晏
	Quanzhou	晏, 暗
	Jinjiang	晏
	Nan'an	晏
	Shishi	晏
	Hui'an	晏
	Anxi	晏
	Yongchun	晏
	Dehua	晏
	Zhangzhou	晏, 暗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	晏
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	晏
	Hua'an	晏
	Nanjing	晏
	Pinghe	晏
	Zhangpu	晏
	Yunxiao	晏
	Zhao'an	晏
	Dongshan	晏
	Taipei	晏 GT, 暗 GT
	Kinmen	晏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗, 晏
	Manila (Hokkien)	晏, 暗
	Longyan	遲
	Zhangping	晏
	Datian	晏
	Chaozhou	晏, 慢
	Shantou	晏, 慢
	Jieyang	晏, 慢
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	晏
	Singapore (Teochew)	晏
	Leizhou	晏
	Wenchang	晏
	Haikou	晏
	Singapore (Hainanese)	晏, 暗
Puxian Min	Putian	晏
Puxian Min	Xianyou	晏
Central Min	Yong'an	慢
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	慢
	Sanming (Shaxian)	晏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	晏, 遲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	晏
Wu	Shanghai	晏
	Suzhou	晏
	Danyang	晚
	Hangzhou	晏, 遲
	Ningbo	晏
	Wenzhou	遲
Xiang	Changsha	晏, 遲
Xiang	Loudi	晏
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

不遲 / 不迟
不遲不疾 / 不迟不疾
事不宜遲 / 事不宜迟 (shìbùyíchí)
倭遲 / 倭迟
凌遲 (língchí)
凌遲碎剮 / 凌迟碎剐
凌遲處死 / 凌迟处死
姍姍來遲 / 姗姗来迟
尉遲 / 尉迟 (Yùchí)
差遲 / 差迟
延遲 / 延迟 (yánchí)
意遲遲 / 意迟迟
打遲局 / 打迟局
推遲 / 推迟 (tuīchí)
早遲 / 早迟
春日遲遲 / 春日迟迟
智能遲滯 / 智能迟滞
棲遲 / 栖迟
毫不遲疑 / 毫不迟疑 (háobùchíyí)
稽遲 / 稽迟
羈遲 / 羁迟
美人遲暮 / 美人迟暮
耽遲 / 耽迟
舒遲 / 舒迟
茶遲飯晏 / 茶迟饭晏
行遲 / 行迟 (xíngchí)
逶遲 / 逶迟
遲到 / 迟到 (chídào)
遲回 / 迟回
遲回觀望 / 迟回观望
遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
遲效肥料 / 迟效肥料
遲日 / 迟日 (chírì)
遲早 / 迟早 (chízǎo)
遲暮 / 迟暮 (chímù)
遲歸 / 迟归
遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
遲留 / 迟留 (chíliú)
遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)
遲疑不決 / 迟疑不决 (chíyíbùjué)
遲疑未決 / 迟疑未决 (chíyíwèijué)
遲累 / 迟累
遲緩 / 迟缓 (chíhuǎn)
遲脈 / 迟脉
遲行早住 / 迟行早住
遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù)
遲賓之館 / 迟宾之馆
遲迴 / 迟回
遲速 / 迟速
遲遲 / 迟迟 (chíchí)
遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
鋪遲 / 铺迟
陵遲 / 陵迟

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhì (zhi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
  - Wade–Giles: chih⁴
  - Yale: jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
  - Palladius: чжи (čži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zi⁶
  - Yale: jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²²/

Definitions

遲 (literary)

Compounds

思遲 / 思迟
欽遲 / 钦迟
遲命 / 迟命
遲日 / 迟日 (zhìrì)
遲旦 / 迟旦
遲明 / 迟明
遲昕 / 迟昕
遲曙 / 迟曙
遲比 / 迟比

References

“遲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04186

Japanese

Shinjitai	遅
Kyūjitai	遲

Kanji

遲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遅)

Readings

Go-on: じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
Kan-on: ち (chi)
Kun: おそい (osoi, 遲い)、おくらす (okurasu, 遲らす)、おくれる (okureru, 遲れる)

Korean

Hanja

遲 • (ji, chi) (hangeul 지, 치, revised ji, chi, McCune–Reischauer chi, ch'i, Yale ci, chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Readings

遲: Hán Việt readings: trí, trì, trĩ
遲: Nôm readings: rì, chầy, trì, trĩ, chề, trìa, chày

References

Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)