yán​chí

delay

延迟 (延遲) yán​chí
delay verb
to postpone or put off until a later time; to procrastinate

The train's departure time had to be delayed due to a technical failure.

lag verb
the time delay or latency in data transmission or system response

The network latency is too high, and the video call keeps lagging.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.93 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
7.20 per million

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