迟到 (chídào) means Be late. Below are 7 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
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
Questions about 迟到
How is 迟到 used in a sentence?
This page shows 7 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.
Where can I see the full entry for 迟到?
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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