耽 dān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- Made of
- 耳 ear 冘 to move on
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
耽误
dānwu
to delay, to waste time
Characters in this word
误 wù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吴 one of several warring states
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于前期沟通不足，项目整整耽误了两个月。 Yóuyú qiánqī gōutōng bùzú, xiàngmù zhěngzhěng dānwu le liǎng gè yuè. Because early communication was insufficient, the project was delayed by a full two months.
- 对不起，路上堵车，耽误了你的时间。 Duìbuqǐ, lùshang dǔchē, dānwu le nǐ de shíjiān. Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the way and I wasted your time.
- 别因为玩游戏耽误了功课。 Bié yīnwèi wán yóuxì dānwu le gōngkè. Don't let playing games hold up your homework.
Related words
- 耽搁 dānge to delay; to hold up; to waste time
- 错误 cuòwù mistake; error
- 误会 wùhuì misunderstanding; to misunderstand
- 失误 shīwù mistake
- 误解 wùjiě to misunderstand
- 误 wù to mistake, to misunderstand
- 误差 wùchā error; deviation
- 误导 wùdǎo to mislead
- 误区 wùqū misconception; mistaken area of understanding
- 延误 yánwù to delay; to hold up
- 拖延 tuōyán to delay
- 间隔 jiàngé interval, gap; to separate