to place/to put aside/to shelve/to endure/to delay
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語素
放棄喺一個地方 abandon
擱置
搁置
suspend
Definitions (Wiktionary)
character
to add
擱點兒鹽
搁点儿盐
gē diǎn r5 yán add some salt
character
to place; to put; to lay down
character
to delay
character
to bear; to stand; to endure
character
to hold; to contain
Definitions (Unihan)
place, put, lay down
delay
Cangjie Input - Simplified
QLSR
Cangjie Input - Traditional
QANR
Definitions (HSK3.0)
HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1305
HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #281
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
火车因大雪被耽搁了。
火車因大雪被耽擱了。
huǒ chē yīn dà xuě bèi dān ge le 。
The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
Mandarin
我们不得不把游戏搁到下周日了。
我們不得不把遊戲擱到下週日了。
wǒ men bù dé bù bǎ yóu xì gē dào xià zhōu rì le 。
We have to put off the game till next Sunday.
Mandarin
一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
一條受傷的鯨魚在海灘邊擱淺了。
yī tiáo shòu shāng de jīng yú zài hǎi tān biān gē qiǎn le 。
A wounded whale washed up on the beach.
Mandarin
我被交通堵塞耽搁了。
我被交通堵塞耽擱了。
wǒ bèi jiāo tōng dǔ sè dān ge le 。
I was delayed by a traffic jam.
Mandarin
别紧张,如此一来他就不会认为你带了违禁品而开箱检查耽搁时间。
別緊張,如此一來他就不會認為你帶了違禁品而開箱檢查耽擱時間。
bié jǐn zhāng , rú cǐ yī lái tā jiù bù huì rèn wéi nǐ dài le wéi jìn pǐn ér kāi xiāng jiǎn chá dān ge shí jiān 。
Don't be nervous. Because of this he won't think you're carrying any contraband, and won't open your trunk to check, and hold you up.