粵

耽daam1擱gok3

simp耽搁
daam1 gok3dān ge

English

  1. to delay; to hold up
  2. to tarry; to stay
  3. to put off
  4. to delay

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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