How to Say “My flight is delayed” in Chinese
Getting around · HSK 3
"My flight is delayed" in Chinese is 我的航班延误了。 (Wǒ de háng bān yán wù le.). 延误 (yán wù) is the 'official' word you'll see on airport screens and hear from ground staff; 晚点 (wǎn diǎn) is what people actually say in conversation and also works for trains. Chinese airports; especially PVG and PEK; have a reputation for delays, so this phrase gets a lot of use.
Primary translation
我的航班延误了。
Wǒ de háng bān yán wù le.
Traditional: 我的航班延誤了。
Variants by register
Formal
我乘坐的航班发生了延误。
Wǒ chéng zuò de háng bān fā shēng le yán wù.
Casual
我飞机晚点了。
Wǒ fēi jī wǎn diǎn le.
When to use it
延误 (yán wù) is the 'official' word you'll see on airport screens and hear from ground staff; 晚点 (wǎn diǎn) is what people actually say in conversation and also works for trains. Chinese airports; especially PVG and PEK; have a reputation for delays, so this phrase gets a lot of use. The 了 at the end signals a change of state: 'it has become delayed'. Drop 了 and it sounds unfinished.
Example sentences
因为天气原因，航班延误了两个小时。
Yīn wèi tiān qì yuán yīn, háng bān yán wù le liǎng ge xiǎo shí.
Due to weather, the flight is delayed two hours.
我飞机晚点，可能赶不上你那边的晚饭了。
Wǒ fēi jī wǎn diǎn, kě néng gǎn bu shàng nǐ nà biān de wǎn fàn le.
My flight is delayed, I might not make it to dinner.
航班什么时候起飞？
Háng bān shén me shí hou qǐ fēi?
When does the flight take off?