耽擱
simp耽搁daam1 gok3dān ge
English
- to delay; to hold up
- to tarry; to stay
- to put off
- to delay
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即係耽誤
Examples
火车因大雪被耽搁了。
The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY
我被交通堵塞耽擱了。
I was delayed by a traffic jam.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
別緊張,如此一來他就不會認為你帶了違禁品而開箱檢查耽擱時間。
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.
Tatoeba · rayshih715 CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk