姗姗来迟 shānshānláichí to be late Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 姗 姍 shān reduplication gracefully (bound form) used in 姗姗 shānshān to describe moving slowly or gracefully; used in 姗姗来迟 shānshānláichí to mean arriving late来 來 lái verb to come To come; to arrive; to move toward the speaker; to crop up or happen迟 遲 chí adjective late late; delayed; behind the scheduled or appropriate time