遲遲

See also: 迟迟

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	late; delayed; slow
trad. (遲遲)		遲	遲
simp. (迟迟)		迟	迟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chíchí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔˊ ㄔˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ ci⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tî-tî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ci⁵ ci⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chíchí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄔˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chíhchíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih²-chʻih²
    • Yale: chŕ-chŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrchyr
    • Palladius: чичи (čiči)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ ci⁴
    • Yale: chìh chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tî-tî
    • Tâi-lô: tî-tî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: di'dii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ti²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ti²⁴⁻²² ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ti¹³⁻²² ti¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ti²⁴⁻¹¹ ti²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ti²³⁻³³ ti²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ci⁵ ci⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshî tshî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰi⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰi⁵⁵/

Adverb

遲遲

1. (usually in negative sentences) slowly; tardily

   我的月經遲遲不來。 [MSC, trad.]
   我的月经迟迟不来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ de yuèjīng chíchí bùlái. [Pinyin]

   My period is late.