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, ㄉㄢㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daam¹ ng⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tam-ngō͘ / tam-gō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): dam¹ ghou⁷

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: ㄉㄢㄨˋ
  - 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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dam¹ ghou⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tam gōu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tam³³⁻²³ ɡou¹¹/

Verb

耽誤

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
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.
to exacerbate; to make worse

Synonyms

(to delay):

(to waste):

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”):

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

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