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Meaning of 懒

Pinyin lǎn

Radical

忄

Strokes

Definition

lazy

Usage

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懒 lǎn 懶、嬾 1. 怠惰，与“勤”相对。 (Lazy, in opposition to "diligent.") Example: 懒汉 (lazy man); 懒怠 (indolence); 懒散 (sluggishness); 懒洋洋 (listless). 2. 疲倦，没力气。 (Tired, lacking energy.) Example: 伸懒腰 (stretch); 浑身酸懒 (whole body aches from fatigue). 本义: 懒惰 (Primary meaning: laziness) 造字法: 形声。从心，赖声。 (Word formation: Pictophonetic; from "heart," with the sound "lài.") 同本义 ([En.] lazy; indolent; slothful) 引: 1. 《说文》：懒，懈也。怠也。一曰卧也。字亦作懒。 (From "Shuowen": laziness denotes slackness; it also means to lie down. It can also be written as 懒.) 2. 《宋书·范晔传》：吾少懒学问，晚成人。 (From "Songshu": I was lazy in my studies at a young age and became an adult late.) 例: 又如: 懒待(没有精神和兴致; lethargic and uninterested) 懒怠(懒于做某种事; lazy in doing something) 懒得(不想，不情愿; unwilling) 懒残和尚煨芋(唐衡狱寺和尚明瓒禅师，性子懒惰，常吃别人剩食, 因号懒残。李泌在寺里夜读访他时，他正在牛粪中煨芋，并送半个芋头给李，叫他小心不要多讲话，去做十年宰相。后果如其言) (Lazy monk who cooked with cow dung while eating leftovers; a story about him.) 疲惫 ([En.] sluggish; drowsy) 例: 如: 懒困(疲倦困怠; fatigued and drowsy) 懒怯(疲倦虚弱; weak and sluggish)

懒惰 lǎn duò

idle / lazy

慵懒 yōng lǎn

languid / indolent

懒得 lǎn dé

not to feel like (doing sth) / disinclined to

懒怠 lǎn dài

lazy

惫懒 bèi lǎn

naughty / mischievous person

懒散 lǎn sǎn

inactive / careless / lazy / indolent / negligent

懒洋洋 lǎn yāng yāng

lazily

懒腰 lǎn yāo

a stretch (of one's body)

懒汉 lǎn hàn

idle fellow / lazybones

心灰意懒 xīn huī yì lǎn

discouraged / downhearted

懒觉 lǎn jué

lie-in

树懒 shù lǎn

sloth (zoology)

好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give

伸懒腰 shēn lǎn yāo

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

懒猴 lǎn hóu

loris / sloth / slender loris

疏懒 shū lǎn

indolent / careless

懒人 lǎn rén

lazy person

懒虫 lǎn chóng

lazy fellow (insult) / idle slob

躲懒 duǒ lǎn

to shy away from work / to get by without attending duty

偷懒 tōu lǎn

to goof off / to be lazy