耽搁
dān​ge HSK7

delay

耽搁 (耽擱) dān​ge
delay verb
to delay, waste time, or hold up progress often due to procrastination or negligence

别在路上耽搁时间，我们要准时赶到。

bié zài lù​shang dān​ge shí​jiān, wǒ​men yào zhǔn​shí gǎn​dào.

Don't dawdle on the way; we need to arrive on time.

stop over verb
to stay or remain at a place for a period of time while traveling

他因为大雪在上海耽搁了两天。

tā yīn​wèi dà​xuě zài Shàng​hǎi dān​ge le liǎng tiān.

He was delayed in Shanghai for two days because of heavy snow.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
5.78 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
2.61 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)