Chinese symbol for “idling”

怠速

dài sù

(automotive) idling; idle speed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for idling is 怠速 (dài sù), defined as: (automotive) idling; idle speed.

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Characters and stroke order

怠 dài

idle; negligent, remiss; to neglect

radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes

速 sù

prompt, quick, speedy

radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 怠速.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
懈怠	xiè dài	slack; lazy
怠慢	dài màn	to slight; to neglect
倦怠	juàn dài	worn out; exhausted
怠惰	dài duò	idleness
怠工	dài gōng	to slacken off in one's work; to go slow (as a form of strike)
速度	sù dù	speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
快速	kuài sù	fast; high-speed; rapid
迅速	xùn sù	rapid; speedy

See also: Japanese symbol for “idling”.

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.