# 迟到 (chídào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 迟到 (chídào) means “to be late; to arrive late”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be late; to arrive late
- Pinyin: chídào (chi2 dao4)
- Traditional: 遲到
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 因为堵车，我今天迟到了。
  Yīnwèi dǔchē, wǒ jīntiān chídào le.
  Because of the traffic jam, I was late today.

## Characters

- [迟](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-late/) (chí): late; delayed
- [到](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-arrive/) (dào): to arrive; to reach

https://hanziro.com/word/chi-dao-be-late/

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