耽

dān

Meanings

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dān

1.to indulge in
2.to delay

dān

1.variant of 耽[dān]

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Wiktionary

1.to delay
2.to indulge in

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ʔl'uːm): semantic 耳 + phonetic 冘 (OC *lu, *lum).

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Stroke order

Components

耽耳冘

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Example sentences

事故耽誤了交通。
The accident held up traffic.
我被交通堵塞耽擱了。
I was delayed by a traffic jam.

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Related words

耽误 to delay 耽搁 to tarry 耽忧 variant of 担忧[dān yōu]耽溺 to indulge in 耽美 (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)耽心 variant of 担心[dān xīn]替古人耽忧 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily