Chinese symbol for “droopy”
蔫头耷脑
niān tóu dā nǎo
Traditional: 蔫頭耷腦
(idiom) (coll.) (of a flower etc) droopy; withered; (of a person) listless; dispirited
The closest CC-CEDICT match for droopy is 蔫头耷脑 (niān tóu dā nǎo), defined as: (idiom) (coll.) (of a flower etc) droopy; withered; (of a person) listless; dispirited.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “droopy”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蔫头耷脑.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打蔫 | dǎ niān | (of a plant) to wilt; to droop; (fig.) to be listless; to be dispirited |
| 发蔫 (發蔫) | fā niān | to wilt; to droop |
| 蔫儿 (蔫兒) | niān r | erhua variant of 蔫 (niān) |
| 蔫儿坏 (蔫兒壞) | niān r huài | apt to do sth nasty or devious in secret |
| 蔫呼呼 | niān hū hū | weak and indecisive |
| 蔫土匪 | niān tǔ fěi | scoundrel with an honest demeanor |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 耷拉 | dā la | to droop; to hang down; to dangle |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “droopy”.
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.