晚点
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
晚点 (wǎndiǎn) · late
晚点 (wǎndiǎn) means “late; delayed”. It is written with 2 characters: 晚 (late) + 点 (point). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 晚点 is built
The characters
晚 wǎn · late
What 晚 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 免miǎn — to spare
- ⺈ — top shape
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
点 diǎn · point
What 点 is made of
- 占zhàn — to divine
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺊ — structural part
- 灬huǒ — fire
Origin hint: 灬 gives the meaning, 占 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
火车晚点了半个小时。Huǒchē wǎndiǎn le bàn gè xiǎoshí.The train was half an hour late.
今天的飞机晚点了吗？Jīntiān de fēijī wǎndiǎn le ma?Is today's flight delayed?
Questions about 晚点
What does 晚点 mean?
晚点 (wǎndiǎn) means “late; delayed”.
How do you pronounce 晚点?
晚点 is pronounced wǎndiǎn.
Which HSK level is 晚点?
晚点 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 晚饭wǎnfàndinner
- 晚上wǎnshangevening
- 晚安wǎn'āngood night
- 晚报wǎnbàoevening newspaper
- 晚餐wǎncāndinner
- 晚会wǎnhuìevening party
- 傍晚bàngwǎnevening
- 夜晚yèwǎnnight
- 晚wǎnlate
- 地点dìdiǎnlocation
Learn 晚点 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 43: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.