延误

Traditional 延誤

yán wù

to postpone (with unfortunate consequences)

HSK 7–9

Meanings

yán wù 延誤

to postpone (with unfortunate consequences); to take too long (to do sth); to miss (a deadline or window of opportunity)

由于yóu yú火车huǒ chē延误yán wù，我wǒ迟到chí dào了le。I was late as a result of the train delay. #332552

由于yóu yú天气tiān qì恶劣è liè，飞机fēi jī延误yán wù了le。Due to bad weather, the plane was late. #381119

汤姆Tāng mǔ的de航班háng bān延误yán wù了le，然后rán hòu被bèi取消qǔ xiāo了le。Tom's flight was delayed and then cancelled. #8751431

日程表rì chéng biǎo只zhǐ受到shòu dào了le这zhè次cì延误yán wù的de轻微qīng wēi影响yǐng xiǎng。The schedule is only slightly affected by this delay. #2938652