HSK 5 HSK V7-9
Correct

耽误

/ dānwu / 
Strokes

Definition

to delay/to hold up/to waste time/to interfere with

Example

As a Verb

delay; hold up; miss the chance to do sth

1
Zuò
坐
gōngjiāochē
公交车
dānwu
耽误
shíjiān
时间
  
,
zánmen
咱们
dǎ
打
dī
的
bā
吧
  
。

It takes too much time to get there by bus; let's take a taxi.

2
Tāfāng
塌方
dānwu
耽误
le
了
zhěnggè
整个
gōngchéng
工程
  
。

The cave-in has held up the whole project.