耽误

dānwu

to delay; to hold up

Traditional 耽誤

HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 verb

Meaning

dānwu dan1 wu5

to delay
to hold up
to waste time
to interfere with

Example sentences

shìgù事故dānwu耽误le了wǒmen我们bàn半xiǎoshí小时。

An accident delayed us for half an hour.
dānwu耽误nǐ你de的jiàqī假期le了。

It delayed your holiday.
wǒ我fāxiàn发现nǐ你wán玩juéduì绝对bù不dānwu耽误xuéxí学习。wǒ我jiù就bùxíng不行。

I've noticed that having fun doesn't interfere at all with your studies. I just can't.

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