How to Say “The deadline is tomorrow” in Chinese
Work and study · HSK 3
"The deadline is tomorrow" in Chinese is 截止日期是明天 (Jiézhǐ rìqī shì míngtiān). 截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī) is the standard business term for deadline; you'll see it on every Chinese project brief and contract. In casual office chat, colleagues often drop the noun entirely and say 明天就截止了 or 明天到期, where 就 adds urgency (as early as tomorrow).
Primary translation
截止日期是明天
Jiézhǐ rìqī shì míngtiān
Variants by register
Formal
截止日期是明天
Jiézhǐ rìqī shì míngtiān
Casual
明天就截止了
Míngtiān jiù jiézhǐ le
When to use it
截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī) is the standard business term for deadline; you'll see it on every Chinese project brief and contract. In casual office chat, colleagues often drop the noun entirely and say 明天就截止了 or 明天到期, where 就 adds urgency (as early as tomorrow). The particle 了 signals the situation has become pressing. Taiwanese offices sometimes prefer 期限 (qīxiàn) over 截止日期.
Example sentences
这个项目的截止日期是明天，我们得加班。
Zhège xiàngmù de jiézhǐ rìqī shì míngtiān, wǒmen děi jiābān.
This project's deadline is tomorrow, we have to work overtime.
别忘了，明天就截止了！
Bié wàng le, míngtiān jiù jiézhǐ le!
Don't forget, tomorrow is the deadline!
截止日期是明天下午五点前。
Jiézhǐ rìqī shì míngtiān xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn qián.
The deadline is before 5 PM tomorrow.