耽搁

dān ge · dan ge

Traditional 耽擱

Meaning

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

In a sentence

2 examples
01

火(huǒ)车(chē)因(yīn)大(dà)雪(xuě)被(bèi)耽(dān)搁(ge)了(le)。

The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)被(bèi)交(jiāo)通(tōng)堵(dǔ)塞(sè)耽(dān)搁(ge)了(le)。

I was delayed by a traffic jam.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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