| 推迟 | tuī chí | to postpone / to put off / to defer |   |
| 延期 | yán qī | to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer | |
| 延迟 | yán chí | to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag | |
| 延缓 | yán huǎn | to defer / to postpone / to put off / to retard / to slow sth down | |
| 暂缓 | zàn huǎn | to postpone | |
| 顺延 | shùn yán | to postpone / to procrastinate | |
| 延后 | yán hòu | to postpone / to defer / to delay | |
| 留待 | liú dài | to leave sth for later / to postpone (work, a decision etc) | |
| 改期 | gǎi qī | to reschedule / to rearrange (e.g. a meeting) / to postpone | |
| 缓期 | huǎn qī | to defer / to put off (until later) / to postpone | |
| 展 |  zhǎn | to spread out / to open up / to exhibit / to put into effect / to postpone / to prolong / exhibition | |
| 延宕 | yán dàng | to postpone / to keep putting sth off | |
| 缓 | huǎn | slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate | |
| 展缓 | zhǎn huǎn | to postpone / to extend | |
| 延误 | yán wù | to postpone (with unfortunate consequences) / to take too long (to do sth) / to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity) | |
| 拖宕 | tuō dàng | to delay / to postpone | |
| 推宕 | tuī dàng | to postpone / to delay / to put sth off | |
| 缓办 | huǎn bàn | to postpone / to delay | |
| 从缓 | cóng huǎn | not to hurry / to procrastinate / to postpone | |
