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耽误

dān wu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 耽誤

耽误 (dān wu) means "to delay, hold up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 耽误 means

1. to delay
2. to hold up
3. to waste time
4. to interfere with

The characters in 耽误

• 耽dānto indulge in; to delay
• 误wùmistake; error; to miss

Example sentences

• 耽误你的假期了。
  Dānwu nǐ de jiàqī le.
  It delayed your holiday.
• 事故耽误了交通。
  The accident held up traffic.
• 事故耽误了我们半小时。
  Shìgù dānwu le wǒmen bànxiǎoshí.
  An accident delayed us for half an hour.
• 可以耽误你一点时间吗?
  Do you have a minute?
• 我发现你玩绝对不耽误学习。我就不行。
  Wǒ fāxiàn nǐ wán juéduì bù dānwu xuéxí. wǒ jiù bù xíng.
  I've noticed that having fun doesn't interfere at all with your studies. I just can't.
• 友情提示：请留意您需要换乘线路的首末班时间，以免耽误您的出行。
  Yǒuqíng tíshì: qǐng liúyì nín xūyào huànchéng xiànlù de shǒu mò bān shíjiān, yǐmiǎn dānwu nín de chūxíng.
  Friendly Reminder: Please keep in mind the closing time of the line you need to switch to, so as to avoid delays in your trip.

Sounds the same

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

• 担误variant of 耽误

Where 耽误 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Remaining & Varied Terms (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dān wu correctly.
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