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耽

dān

HSK 5 Character

What 耽 means

1. to indulge in
2. to delay

Other readings

耽 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dānvariant of {耽|dān}

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.
• 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.
• 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?

Words starting with 耽

• 耽误dān wuto delay; to hold up; to waste time
• 耽搁dān geto tarry; to delay; to stop over
• 耽美dān měi(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)
• 耽溺dān nìto indulge in; to wallow in
• 耽心dān xīnvariant of 担心
• 耽忧dān yōuvariant of 担忧

Characters built on 冘

These share the phonetic component 冘 (yín), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 眈dānused in 眈眈
• 酖dānaddicted to liquor

Characters that look like 耽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 政zhèngpolitical; politics; government
• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 敢gǎnto dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 舰jiànwarship
• 耿gěng(literary) bright; brilliant; honest; upright
• 觊jìto covet; to long for

Sounds the same

Read dān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 单bill; list; form
• 担to undertake; to carry; to shoulder
• 丹red; pellet; powder
• 聃ears without rim
• 眈used in 眈眈
• 郸used in place names 邯郸
• 殚entirely; to exhaust
• 砃white stone
• 儋carry
• 酖addicted to liquor
• 箪round basket for cooked rice
• 襌garment without a lining