Chinese symbol for “apathy”
惰性
duò xìng
inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for apathy is 惰性 (duò xìng), defined as: inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “apathy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惰性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 怠惰 | dài duò | idleness |
| 惰性气体 (惰性氣體) | duò xìng qì tǐ | (chemistry) inert gas (esp. a noble gas) |
| 偷惰 | tōu duò | to skive off work; to be lazy |
| 娇惰 (嬌惰) | jiāo duò | pampered and lazy; indolent; without energy |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “apathy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.