迟

tā zuó wǎn shuì de hěn chí

她昨晚睡得很迟。

She slept too late last night.

nǐ chí le

你迟了。

You're late.

duì bu qǐ lái chí le

对不起，来迟了。

I'm sorry I'm late.

tā chí bù huí fù péng you de xiāo xi

她迟不回复朋友的消息。

She was slow to reply to her friend's message.

chí yú zuò fù hěn bào qiàn

迟于作复，很抱歉。

I'm sorry I have not been able to reply sooner.

shuō shí chí nà shí kuài tā jiù bèi jǐng chá zhuā zhù le

说时迟，那时快，他就被警察抓住了。

He was caught by the police in at winkling.