迟到 (遲到)
chí dào
Pinyin

Definition

迟到 (遲到)
 - 
chí dào
  1. to arrive late

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

到
dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
来到
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
做到
zuò dào
  1. 1 to accomplish
  2. 2 to achieve
到来
dào lái
  1. 1 to arrive
  2. 2 arrival
  3. 3 advent

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们快迟到了，请加快脚步。
wǒmen kuài chídào le ，qǐng jiākuài jiǎobù 。
We are almost late. Please hurry up!
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我敢打赌，你一定会迟到的。
wǒ gǎn dǎdǔ ，nǐ yīdìng huì chídào de 。
I bet you'll definitely be late.
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完蛋了，我快要迟到了。
wándàn le ，wǒ kuàiyào chídào le 。
I'm done. I am going to be late.
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宝贝该起床了，再不起来你上班要迟到了。
bǎobèir gāi qǐchuáng le ，zài bù qǐlái nǐ shàngbān yào chídào le 。
Darling, it's time to get up, if you don't get up now you'll be late for work.
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你怎么迟到了这么久呀？
nǐ zěnme chídào le zhème jiǔ ya ？
Why are you so late?
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她根本在我头上点火。这么多人上班开小差，她都睁一只眼闭一只眼。我只不过迟到三分钟，就让我写检讨书。
tā gēnběn zài wǒ tóushàng diǎnhuǒ 。zhème duō rén shàngbān kāixiǎochāi ，tā dōu zhēngyīzhīyǎnbìyīzhīyǎn 。wǒ zhǐbuguò chídào sān fēnzhōng ，jiù ràng wǒ xiě jiǎntǎo shū 。
She's basically sweeping me away. She turns a blind eye to every other employee that is absent-minded all day. I was only late for three minutes and she made me write a feedback report.
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不好意思，我迟到了。
bùhǎoyìsi ，wǒ chídào le 。
Excuse me for being late.
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我和客户要开会，但是我迟到了。
wǒ hé kèhù yào kāihuì ，dànshì wǒ chídào le 。
I am meeting with a client, but I'm late.
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比如说，在开会的时候，一个人迟到，所有人都要等他。这时候就是一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
bǐrú shuō ，zài kāihuì de shíhou ，yīgē rén chídào ，suǒyǒu rén dōu yào děng tā 。zhè shíhou jiùshì yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōzhōu
For example, when we're having a meeting, when one person is late, everyone has to wait for him. This is what we call "One bad apple spoils the whole bunch."
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完蛋，要迟到了！
wándàn ，yào chídào le ！
I am done. I will be late.
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