耽擱

See also: 耽搁

Chinese

	indulge; delay	to place
trad. (耽擱)	耽	擱
simp. (耽搁)	耽	搁
alternative forms	耽閣／耽阁擔擱／担搁擔閣／担阁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānge, dāngē

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ, ㄉㄢㄍㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ gok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tam-koh / tam-kok / tam-kieh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānge
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ˙ㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dange̊
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-ko⁵
  - Yale: dān-ge
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan.ge
  - Palladius: даньгэ (danʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ g̊ə²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāngē
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄍㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dange
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-ko¹
  - Yale: dān-gē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dange
  - Palladius: даньгэ (danʹgɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ kɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daam¹ gok³
  - Yale: dāam gok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daam¹ gok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: dam¹ gog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm⁵⁵ kɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-koh
  - Tâi-lô: tam-koh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: damkoiq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² koʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam³³ koʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ kɤʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tam⁴⁴⁻³³ koʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-kok
  - Tâi-lô: tam-kok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: damkog
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tam⁴⁴⁻²² kɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tam³³ kɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-kieh
  - Tâi-lô: tam-kieh
  - IPA (Longyan): /tam³³⁴ kie⁵/

Verb

耽擱

to stop over
to delay (a matter); to waste time; to hold up
to miss (a chance to do something)
to defer; to adjourn

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)
耽誤／耽误
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)

Antonyms

(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), “耽搁”, 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.