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耽搁

dān ge

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 耽擱

耽搁 (dān ge) means "to tarry; to delay; to stop over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 耽搁 means

1. to tarry
2. to delay
3. to stop over

The characters in 耽搁

• 耽dānto indulge in; to delay
• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve

Example sentences

• 火车因大雪被耽搁了。
  Huǒchē yīn dàxuě bèi dānge le.
  The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
• 我被交通堵塞耽搁了。
  Wǒ bèi jiāotōngdǔsè dānge le.
  I was delayed by a traffic jam.
• 别紧张，如此一来他就不会认为你带了违禁品而开箱检查耽搁时间。
  Bié jǐnzhāng, rúcǐ yīlái tā jiù bù huì rènwéi nǐ dài le wéijìn pǐn ér kāixiāng jiǎnchá dānge shíjiān.
  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.

Sounds the same

Read dān ge, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 单个single; alone; individually
• 担搁variant of 耽搁

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dān ge correctly.
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