迟到

to arrive late in Mandarin

Mnemomic to remember the meaning

You can remember the meaning of 迟到 with this easy mnemonic:

Why are you always arrive late (迟)? Do you arrive (到) anywhere on time?

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迟到 is made up of these characters

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Mnemomic to remember the reading

The reading of 迟到 is chí dào.

You can remember how to say 迟到 with this useful mnemonic:

Chill (chí), you need to calm down (dào). We're almost there already!

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

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