Chinese symbol for “idleness”
怠惰
dài duò
idleness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for idleness is 怠惰 (dài duò), defined as: idleness.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 怠惰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懈怠 | xiè dài | slack; lazy |
| 怠慢 | dài màn | to slight; to neglect |
| 倦怠 | juàn dài | worn out; exhausted |
| 怠工 | dài gōng | to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike) |
| 怠速 | dài sù | (automotive) idling; idle speed |
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 惰性 | duò xìng | inert (chemistry); apathy |
| 惰性气体 (惰性氣體) | duò xìng qì tǐ | (chemistry) inert gas (esp. a noble gas) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “idleness”.
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.