Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 遲

Modern (Beijing) reading: chí

Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhǝj

Classic Old Chinese: Łhǝj

Western Han Chinese: Łhǝj

Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝj

Early Postclassic Chinese: dhɨj

Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhɨj

Late Postclassic Chinese: dhɨj

Middle Chinese: ḍi

English meaning : to tarry, delay

Russian meaning[s]: 1) медлить; опаздывать; задерживать(ся), откладывать; медленный; промедление, задержка; 2) тупой; несообразительный; неспособный; 3) Чи (фамилия)

Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is trì. Cf. also Viet. trễ 'late, tardy; to delay'. For *Łh-, besides MC ḍ-, cf. Chaozhou chi².

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 162

Four-angle index: 6497

Vietnamese reading: chầy

Shijing occurrences: 35.2_

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