迟早 meaning in English

chízǎo

sooner or later

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 遲早13 strokes

Meaning of 迟早

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chízǎo
  1. sooner or later

迟早 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

迟chí早zǎo他tā的de运yùn气qì会huì用yòng完wán。
Sooner or later his luck will run out.
你nǐ迟chí早zǎo会huì学xué会huì怎zěn么me做zuò。
You'll learn how to do it sooner or later.
大dà部bù分fèn人rén迟chí早zǎo要yào结jié婚hūn。
The majority of people marry sooner or later.
我wǒ们men迟chí早zǎo会huì知zhī道dào真zhēn相xiàng。
Sooner or later, we'll know the truth.
他tā迟chí早zǎo会huì承chéng认rèn的de。
He will admit it sooner or later.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

迟 chí · late · 7 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7

早 zǎo · early · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 迟早.

早上zǎoshangearly morning
早饭zǎofànbreakfast
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
早餐zǎocānbreakfast
早晨zǎochenearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
早已zǎoyǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
迟到chídàoto arrive late
推迟tuīchíto postpone; to put off
早期zǎoqīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晚zǎowǎnmorning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of
一早yīzǎoearly in the morning; at dawn
一大早yīdàzǎoat dawn; at first light

Questions about 迟早

What does 迟早 mean?

迟早 (chízǎo) means "sooner or later" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 迟早?

迟早 is made of 2 characters: 迟 (7 strokes), 早 (6 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.

Is 迟早 an HSK word?

Yes. 迟早 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 迟早 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 迟早 is written 遲早.