延误 (延誤)
yán wu
Pinyin

Definition

延误 (延誤)
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yán wu
  1. to delay
  2. to be held up
  3. to miss (an opportunity)
  4. delay
  5. holdup

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

延伸
yán shēn
  1. 1 to extend
  2. 2 to spread
延安
Yán ān
  1. 1 Yan'an prefecture level city in Shaanxi, communist headquarters during the war
延缓
yán huǎn
  1. 1 to defer
  2. 2 to postpone
  3. 3 to put off
  4. 4 to retard
  5. 5 to slow sth down
延续
yán xù
  1. 1 to continue
  2. 2 to go on
  3. 3 to last
延误
yán wu
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to be held up
  3. 3 to miss (an opportunity)
  4. 4 delay
  5. 5 holdup

Idioms (3)

天雨顺延
tiān yǔ shùn yán
  1. 1 weather permitting (idiom)
延颈企踵
yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng
  1. 1 to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck (idiom); fig. to yearn for sth
苟延残喘
gǒu yán cán chuǎn
  1. 1 to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)

Sample Sentences

谢谢！我的航班延误了半小时，让您久等了。真不好意思。
xièxie ！wǒ de hángbān yánwù le bànxiǎoshí ，ràng nín jiǔděng le 。zhēn bùhǎoyìsi 。
Thank you. My flight has been delayed for half an hour and I have kept you waiting. I’m really sorry.
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怪不得，我刚才去看航班信息，说你们的航班要延误两个小时。
guàibude ，wǒ gāngcái qù kàn hángbān xìnxī ，shuō nǐmen de hángbān yào yánwù liǎng ge xiǎoshí 。
No wonder. I just went to look at the flight information and it said your flight would be delayed 2 hours.
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加上转机，差不多十八个小时。在东京的时候，天气不好，还延误了。
jiāshàng zhuǎnjī ，chàbuduō shí bā ge xiǎoshí 。zài Dōngjīng de shíhou ，tiānqì bù hǎo ，hái yánwù le 。
With the plane change, about 18 hours. When we were in Tokyo, the weather was bad and we were delayed.
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是啊，工期有点延误了。等全部完工后，通风还要两个礼拜。
shì a ，gōngqī yǒudiǎnr yánwù le 。děng quánbù wángōng hòu ，tōngfēng hái yào liǎng ge lǐbài 。
Yeah, the project time will have to be pushed back a bit. When everything is finished, we'll need at least two weeks to let it air out.
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