迟
早

Sooner or later in Chinese: 迟早 (chí zǎo)

chí zǎo

sooner or later

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 遲早1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1sooner or later

Stroke order

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迟
早

Zhuyin

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ㄔˊ

chí

ㄔ/ chˊ/ second tone

ㄗㄠˇ

zǎo

ㄗ/ zㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

迟早

Simplified

遲早

Traditional

Example sentences

See 迟早 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 你现在不努力，迟早会后悔的。

    nǐ xiàn zài bù nǔ lì， chí zǎo huì hòu huǐ de。

    If you don't work hard now, you will regret it sooner or later.

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Related words

早

zǎo

early

迟

chí

late

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

推迟

tuī chí

to postpone

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

早餐

zǎo cān

breakfast

早晨

zǎo chén

early morning

早就

zǎo jiù

already at an earlier time

早已

zǎo yǐ

for a long time

早期

zǎo qī

early period

早晚

zǎo wǎn

morning and evening

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