耽搁 meaning in English

dānge

to delay; to hold up; to tarry; to stay

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 耽擱22 strokes

Meaning of 耽搁

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dānge

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火huǒ车chē因yīn大dà雪xuě被bèi耽dān搁gē了le。

The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

我wǒ被bèi交jiāo通tōng堵dǔ塞sè耽dān搁gē了le。

I was delayed by a traffic jam.

别bié紧jǐn张zhāng，如rú此cǐ一yī来lái他tā就jiù不bú会huì认rèn为wéi你nǐ带dài了le违wéi禁jìn品pǐn而ér开kāi箱xiāng检jiǎn查chá耽dān搁gē时shí间jiān。

Don't be nervous. Because of this he won't think you're carrying any contraband, and won't open your trunk to check, and hold you up.

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Words that share a character with 耽搁.

耽误	dānwu	to delay; to hold up
搁置	gēzhì	to put; to place; to set aside; to shelve; to put on hold
搁浅	gēqiǎn	to run aground; to become stranded; (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standsti

What does 耽搁 mean?

耽搁 (dānge) means "to delay; to hold up; to tarry; to stay" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 耽搁?

耽搁 is made of 2 characters: 耽 (10 strokes), 搁 (12 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 耽搁 an HSK word?

Yes. 耽搁 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 耽搁 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 耽搁 is written 耽擱.