# 迟早 (chízǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 迟早 (chízǎo) means “sooner or later”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: sooner or later
- Pinyin: chízǎo (chi2 zao3)
- Traditional: 遲早
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他迟早会知道真相的。
  Tā chízǎo huì zhīdào zhēnxiàng de.
  He will know the truth sooner or later.

## Characters

- [迟](https://hanziro.com/word/chi-late/) (chí): late; delayed
- [早](https://hanziro.com/word/zao-early/) (zǎo): early; morning

https://hanziro.com/word/chi-zao-sooner-or-later/

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