How to Say ‘The pizza arrived too late’ in Traditional Chinese
披薩太晚到
pī sà tài wǎn dào
[pīsà tài wǎn daow]
💬 Usage Tip: How something happened goes before the action: 太晚 + 到 gives "arrived too late". Likewise, 太早到 means "arrived too early".
Phrase Breakdown
披薩
pī sà
[pīsà]
pizza
Loanword for the Italian dish pizza.
這個披薩很好吃。
This pizza is delicious.
太晚到
tài wǎn dào
arrived too late
太 (tài, too) + 晚 (wǎn, late) + 到 (dào, arrive). The tones are falling, dipping, then falling.
他太晚到了。
He arrived too late.
Words in this phrase
太晚
tài wǎn
[tài wǎn]
too late
太 (too) + 晚 (late); describes something being overly late.
現在太晚了。
It's too late now.
到
dào
[daow]
to arrive; to reach
Used to indicate arriving at a place or being present.
我們七點到。
We will arrive at seven.
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