耽搁
dān ge · HSK 7
to delay
⏳ dān ge sounds like DANG GO — but you keep stalling
耽 (ear radical) means to indulge or linger. 搁 (hand + shelf) means to set aside. Together: you linger so long you shelve your plans.
搁 — hand radical 扌 + 阁 (gé)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hand, while 阁 (gé, pavilion) supplies the sound. The original sense 'to place, to put down' extends naturally to 'to set aside, to shelve,' and figuratively 'to delay.'