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Chinese symbol for “lazily”

懒洋洋
lǎn yāng yāng
Traditional: 懶洋洋
lazily

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lazily is 懒洋洋 (lǎn yāng yāng), defined as: lazily.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

懒 lǎn
lazy, languid, listless
radical 61 ⼼ · 16 strokes
洋 yāng
sea, ocean; western, foreign
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
洋
洋 yāng
sea, ocean; western, foreign
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lazily”

WordPinyinMeaning
徐缓 (徐緩)xú huǎnslow; sluggish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 懒洋洋.

WordPinyinMeaning
懒得 (懶得)lǎn deto not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
懒惰 (懶惰)lǎn duòidle; lazy
懒散 (懶散)lǎn sǎnindolent; negligent; slack
偷懒 (偷懶)tōu lǎnto be lazy when effort is expected; to slack off
懒人 (懶人)lǎn rénlazy person
慵懒 (慵懶)yōng lǎnlanguid; indolent
海洋hǎi yángocean
大洋dà yángocean; (old) silver dollar
洋葱 (洋蔥)yáng cōngonion (Allium cepa); bulb onion

See also: Japanese symbol for “lazily”.

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.