遲遲

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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

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

(chiefly in the negative) 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.
My period is late.

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