Usage note
推迟表示把时间放到后面。
tuī chí biǎo shì bǎ shí jiān fàng dào hòu miàn。
Postpone means to move the time later.
Context note
推迟常用于会议、活动和计划。
tuī chí cháng yòng yú huì yì 、 huó dòng hé jì huà。
Postpone often appears with meetings, events, and plans.
5 examples
会议推迟了。
huì yì tuī chí le。
The meeting was postponed.
我们把出发时间推迟一点。
wǒ men bǎ chū fā shí jiān tuī chí yì diǎn。
We postpone the departure time a little.
活动推迟到明天。
huó dòng tuī chí dào míng tiān。
The event is postponed until tomorrow.
他推迟了决定。
tā tuī chí le jué dìng。
He postponed the decision.
不要推迟作业。
bú yào tuī chí zuò yè。
Do not delay homework.
5 mini stories
因为下雨，活动推迟了。
yīn wèi xià yǔ， huó dòng tuī chí le。
Because of the rain, the event was postponed.
老师把考试推迟了一天。
lǎo shī bǎ kǎo shì tuī chí le yì tiān。
The teacher postponed the exam by one day.
他不想推迟计划。
tā bù xiǎng tuī chí jì huà。
He does not want to postpone the plan.
我们把出发时间推迟到下午。
wǒ men bǎ chū fā shí jiān tuī chí dào xià wǔ。
We postponed the departure time to the afternoon.
推迟以后，大家都有更多准备时间。
tuī chí yǐ hòu， dà jiā dōu yǒu gèng duō zhǔn bèi shí jiān。
After postponing, everyone had more time to prepare.
Mini dialogue
推迟会议
A
因为下雨，运动会要推迟到明天。
Yīnwèi xià yǔ, yùndònghuì yào tuīchí dào míngtiān.
Because of the rain, the sports day will be postponed until tomorrow.
B
好的，希望明天是个好天气。
Hǎo de, xīwàng míngtiān shì gè hǎo tiānqì.
Okay, I hope tomorrow will be a nice day.
推迟出发
A
爸爸还没准备好，我们得推迟十分钟出发。
Bàba hái méi zhǔnbèi hǎo, wǒmen děi tuīchí shí fēnzhōng chūfā.
Dad isn't ready yet. We have to postpone leaving by ten minutes.
B
没问题，我可以等一下。
Méi wèntí, wǒ kěyǐ děng yīxià.
No problem, I can wait a bit.
Related words and contrasts
opposite
提前
tí qián
to move up; to do in advance
推迟 means to postpone to a later time, 提前 means to do something earlier.
similar
延迟
yán chí
to delay
延迟 is a more formal synonym for 推迟, both mean to put off to a later time.