HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

晚点 wǎndiǎn “(of trains” in Chinese

Said as wándiǎn

Traditional 晚點

What 晚点 means

  1. (of trains, flights etc.) to be late
  2. to be delayed
  3. (of trains etc) late
  4. delayed
  5. behind schedule
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • light dinner

How to say 晚点

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale晚wǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale点diǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as wándiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

晚点 in a sentence

  1. 我的航班晚点了。

    Wǒ de hángbān wǎndiǎn le.

    My flight is delayed.

    Sentence #9594927 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 对不起，火车晚点了。

    Duìbuqǐ, huǒchē wǎndiǎn le.

    Sorry. The train was late.

    Sentence #750140 from Tatoeba

  3. 公交车晚点了十分钟。

    Gōngjiāochē wǎndiǎn le shí fēnzhōng.

    The bus was ten minutes late.

    Sentence #5809511 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 晚点 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 晚 (wǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
晚wǎnevening
  • 日sun · rì
  • 免to spare · miǎn

Memory aidSun 日 with 免 (miǎn) for the sound: evening, late.

The character 点 (diǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap
  • 占to divine · zhānSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 占 (zhān) hints at the sound. Compare it with diǎn.

Memory aidSimplified from 點, a black 黑 dot. 占 (zhān) gives the sound.

How to write 晚点

晚 11 strokes · 点 9 strokes

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晚点 (wǎndiǎn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 晚点 (wǎndiǎn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 晚点

Words with 晚

晚wǎn · evening晚饭wǎnfàn · evening meal晚上wǎnshang · evening晚会wǎnhuì · evening party晚安wǎn'ān · good night傍晚bàngwǎn · dusk

Words with 点

点diǎn · o’clock一点儿yìdiǎnr · a little有点儿yǒudiǎnr · slightly地点dìdiǎn · place特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)优点yōudiǎn · strong point缺点quēdiǎn · weak point重点zhòngdiǎn · key point点心diǎnxin · light refreshments观点guāndiǎn · point of view

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西南xīnán · southwest西北xīběi · northwest体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium外地wàidì · another part of the country动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo东南dōngnán · southeast高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail红绿灯hónglǜdēng · traffic lights

FAQs

晚点 (wǎndiǎn) means “(of trains, flights etc.) to be late” or “to be delayed”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it wǎndiǎn: wǎn with a 3rd tone, then diǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like wándiǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 晚点 is written 晚點. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wandian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 晚点 from the suggestions. Typing wandian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
晚点 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.