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.