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
耽搁
dānge
to delay; to hold up; to waste time
Characters in this word
搁 gē
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 阁 cabinet, chamber, pavilion
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于审批流程层层加码，项目被耽搁了将近半年。 Yóuyú shěnpī liúchéng céngcéng jiāmǎ, xiàngmù bèi dānge le jiāngjìn bàn nián. Because the approval process became increasingly burdensome, the project was delayed by nearly half a year.
- 路上堵车，耽搁了半个小时，抱歉。 Lùshang dǔchē, dānge le bàn ge xiǎoshí, bàoqiàn. There was traffic on the road and I lost half an hour; sorry.
- 你先走吧，别因为我耽搁了你的时间。 Nǐ xiān zǒu ba, bié yīnwèi wǒ dānge le nǐ de shíjiān. You go ahead; don't let me waste your time.
Related words
- 耽误 dānwu to delay, to waste time
- 搁 gē to put; to place; to leave aside
- 搁浅 gēqiǎn to run aground; to be stranded; to stall
- 搁置 gēzhì to shelve; to set aside
- 后续 hòuxù follow-up; subsequent
- 堆积 duījī to pile up; to accumulate
- 动向 dòngxiàng trend; tendency; movement; direction of developments
- 高涨 gāozhǎng to rise; to surge; to run high
- 波及 bōjí to affect; to spread to
- 反弹 fǎntán to rebound; backlash
- 长足 chángzú considerable; substantial
- 持平 chípíng to remain level; to be on a par with