迟到

迟到 chídào in a sentence

Be late

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 27 sentences

迟到 (chídào) means Be late. Below are 24 of the 27 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

上课不要 迟到 。

Shàng kè búyào chídào.

Don't be late for class.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 迟到

对不起,我 迟到 了。

Duìbuqǐ, wǒ chídào le.

Sorry, I'm late.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 迟到

他又 迟到 了。

Tā yòu chídào le.

He is late again.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 又

他从来不 迟到 。

Tā cónglái bù chídào.

He is never late.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 从来

他有 迟到 的毛病。

Tā yǒu chídào de máobìng.

He has a bad habit of being late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 毛病

迟到 一次要扣分。

Chídào yí cì yào kòu fēn.

One late arrival means points deducted.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扣

你为什么总是 迟到 ?

Nǐ wèishénme zǒngshì chídào?

Why are you always late?

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是

学校规定不能 迟到 。

Xuéxiào guīdìng bù néng chídào.

The school rules say you must not be late.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 规定

比赛推 迟到 下周了。

Bǐsài tuīchí dào xià zhōu le.

The match has been postponed to next week.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 推迟

请说明 迟到 的原因。

Qǐng shuōmíng chídào de yuányīn.

Please explain the reason for being late.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 原因

赶快吃,要 迟到 了。

Gǎnkuài chī, yào chídào le.

Eat quickly, we are going to be late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 赶快

因为堵车,我 迟到 了。

Yīnwèi dǔchē, wǒ chídào le.

I was late because of a traffic jam.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 堵车

他是唯一没 迟到 的人。

Tā shì wéiyī méi chídào de rén.

He is the only one who was not late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 唯一

快走吧,否则就 迟到 了。

Kuài zǒu ba, fǒuzé jiù chídào le.

Let us hurry, otherwise we will be late.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 否则

他很少 迟到 ,偶尔一次。

Tā hěn shǎo chídào, ǒu'ěr yí cì.

He is rarely late, only once in a while.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 偶尔

快走吧,不然就 迟到 了。

Kuài zǒu ba, bùrán jiù chídào le.

Let us hurry, otherwise we will be late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不然

拜托,下次别再 迟到 了。

Bàituō, xià cì bié zài chídào le.

Please, don't be late again next time.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拜托

他一贯准时,从不 迟到 。

Tā yíguàn zhǔnshí, cóng bù chídào.

He is consistently punctual and never late.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 一贯

多亏出门早,我们没 迟到 。

Duōkuī chū mén zǎo, wǒmen méi chídào.

Luckily we left early, so we were not late.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 多亏

他因为多次 迟到 被解雇了。

Tā yīnwèi duō cì chídào bèi jiěgù le.

He was dismissed for repeated lateness.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 解雇

我早到了,他偏偏 迟到 了。

Wǒ zǎo dào le, tā piānpiān chídào le.

I arrived early, and of all things he was late.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 偏偏

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From the graded readers

今天早上我 迟到 了。

jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ chídào le / liǎo / liào.

I was late this morning.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

我八点到学校,没有 迟到 。

wǒ bā diǎn dào xuéxiào, méiyǒu chídào.

I got to school at eight and wasn't late.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

我很不好意思地说:“对不起,我 迟到 了。”

wǒ hěn bùhǎoyìsi dì / de shuō:" duìbuqǐ, wǒ chídào le / liǎo / liào."

I said awkwardly, "Sorry, I'm late."

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

迟到 appears in 27 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 迟到

How is 迟到 used in a sentence?

This page shows 27 sentences using 迟到 (chídào, "Be late"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 迟到 an HSK word?

Yes — 迟到 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

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The dictionary page for 迟到 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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