耽誤

dān wù

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Verb

Definition

  1. to delay
  2. to hold up
  3. to waste time
  4. to interfere with

Stroke order

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Example

塞車耽誤了我半個小時。

The traffic jam held me up for half an hour.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).