# 耽誤
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dānwu, dānwù
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ, ㄉㄢ ㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): daam$^1$ ng$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tam-ngō͘ / tam-gō͘ / tam-gǔ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dam$^1$ ghou$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dānwu
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ˙ㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: danwů
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^1$-wu$^5$
*** Yale: dān-wu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dan.u
*** Palladius: даньу (danʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵⁵ u²/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dānwù
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: danwù
*** Wade–Giles: tan$^1$-wu$^4$
*** Yale: dān-wù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danwuh
*** Palladius: даньу (danʹu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tän⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: daam$^1$ ng$^6$
*** Yale: dāam ngh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: daam$^1$ ng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dam$^1$ ng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
** (Hokkien: Longyan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tam-gǔ
*** Tâi-lô: tam-gǔ
*** IPA (Longyan): /tam³³⁴ ɡu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dam$^1$ ghou$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tam gōu
*** Sinological IPA : /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.
       Bié dānwù wǒ de qīngchūn. [Pinyin]
       Don't let my youth go to waste.
* to exacerbate; to make worse

#### Synonyms

* (to delay):
* 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 (ngai$^2$ tai$^2$) (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)
* 耽擱／耽搁
* 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)
* (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)

### References

* 郭启熹 [Guo, Qixi], editor (2016), “耽误”, 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.