耽誤

See also: 耽误

Chinese

		indulge; delay	mistake; error; to miss mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect
trad. (耽誤)		耽	誤
simp. (耽误)		耽	误

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānwu, dānwù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ, ㄉㄢ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ ng⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tam-ngō͘ / tam-gō͘ / tam-gǔ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dam¹ ghou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānwu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danwů
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-wu⁵
    • Yale: dān-wu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan.u
    • Palladius: даньу (danʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ u²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānwù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danwù
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: dān-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danwuh
    • Palladius: даньу (danʹu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam¹ ng⁶
    • Yale: dāam ngh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ ng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ ng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ ŋ̍²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tam-ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: damngo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tam³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-gō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tam-gōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: damgo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² ɡɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ ɡɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Longyan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-gǔ
    • Tâi-lô: tam-gǔ
    • IPA (Longyan): /tam³³⁴ ɡu⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dam¹ ghou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tam gōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam³³⁻²³ ɡou¹¹/

Verb

耽誤

1. to delay; to hold up; to procrastinate; to put off

   耽誤學業／耽误学业  ―  dānwù xuéyè  ―  to delay one's studies

2. to waste (chiefly time); to squander

   別耽誤時間。／别耽误时间。  ―  Bié dānwù shíjiān.  ―  Don't waste time.

   別耽誤我的青春。 [MSC, trad.]
   别耽误我的青春。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bié dānwù wǒ de qīngchūn. [Pinyin]

   Don't let my youth go to waste.

3. to exacerbate; to make worse

Synonyms

• (to delay):

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• 展緩 / 展缓 (zhǎnhuǎn)
• 延宕 (yándàng) (literary)
• 延延 (Hokkien)
• 延後 / 延后 (yánhòu)
• 延期 (yánqī)
• 延緩 / 延缓 (yánhuǎn)
• 延誤 / 延误 (yánwù)
• 延遲 / 延迟 (yánchí)
• 拖 (tuō)
• 拖宕 (tuōdàng)
• 拖延 (tuōyán)
• 拖拉 (tuōlā)
• 拖磨 (tuōmó) (literary)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 挨 (ái)
• 挨延 (Hokkien)
• 挨稽 (Hokkien)
• 挨臺 / 挨台 (ngai² tai²) (Sichuanese)
• 推宕 (tuīdàng) (literary)
• 推延 (tuīyán)
• 捱延 (Hokkien)
• 捱稽 (Hokkien)
• 推遲 / 推迟 (tuīchí)
• 暫緩 / 暂缓 (zànhuǎn)
• 稽延 (jīyán) (literary)
• 緩 / 缓 (huǎn)
• 耗 (regional)
• 耽延 (dānyán)
• 耽擱 / 耽搁
• 貽誤 / 贻误 (yíwù)
• 遷延 / 迁延 (qiānyán) (literary)
• 遲延 / 迟延 (chíyán)
• 遲滯 / 迟滞 (chízhì)
• 遲誤 / 迟误 (chíwù) (formal)
• 順延 / 顺延 (shùnyán)

• (to waste):

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• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
• 無彩 / 无彩 (Hokkien)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費 / 白费 (báifèi)
• 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

• (to exacerbate): 惡化／恶化 (èhuà)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to delay”):

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• 提前 (tíqián)
• 提早 (tízǎo)
• 進前 / 进前 (Hokkien)

References

• 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “耽误”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 [Lujiang Publishing House], →ISBN, page 273.