How to Say ‘Later today’ in Simplified Chinese
今天晚一点
jīn tiān wǎn yì diǎn
[jeen-tyen wahn ee-dyen]
💬 Usage Tip: Chinese often puts the time first, then the description: [今天晚一点] literally "today, a bit later." The same pattern works in [明天上午] "tomorrow morning."
Phrase Breakdown
今天
jīn tiān
[jeen-tyen]
today
Used to specify that something will happen later on the same day.
我今天晚一点给你打电话。
I’ll call you later today.
晚一点
wǎn yì diǎn
a little later
Means postponing something by a short amount of time.
我们晚一点再去。
Let’s go a little later.
Words in this phrase
晚
wǎn
[wahn]
later
Shows that the action will happen at a somewhat later time.
今天晚一点我有空。
I’m free a bit later today.
一点
yì diǎn
[ee-dyen]
a bit
Softens time expressions to sound more natural and polite.
今天晚一点联系你可以吗？
Would it be okay to contact you a bit later today?
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