Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 擱

to bear
to stand
to endure

to place
to put aside
to shelve

to be stranded (of ship)
to run aground
fig. to run into difficulties and stop

shelf

temporarily stopped
in abeyance

to tarry
to delay
to stop over

to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)

to delay
to procrastinate

variant of 耽擱／耽搁 (dānge)

to shelve
to set aside

footrest

footrest

zhōngtúgēqiǎn

to run aground in mid-course
to run into difficulty and stop